(a) application before 9th October 2009 for a permit under any rules made under section 5 of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act in respect of any assembly or procession; or (b) application before 9th October 2009 for a licence under the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act in respect of any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion, whose application was not granted before that date shall, where applicable, be deemed to be an application for a permit under Part II of this Act. (4) Where — (a) an appeal has been made to the Minister under section 10(5), 11(6), 13(3) or 14(5) of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act as in force immediately before 9th October 2009; and (b) the appeal has not been dealt with or disposed of immediately before that date, the appeal may continue to be dealt with in accordance with that Act as if the Schedule to that Act had not been amended on that date. (5) Except as otherwise expressly provided in an order made under this section, where any period of time specified in — (a) any rules made under section 5 of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act as in force immediately before 9th October 2009; or (b) the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act as in force immediately before 9th October 2009 in relation to any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion, is current immediately before 9th October 2009, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision in this Act had been in force when the period began to run; and (without prejudice to the foregoing) any period of time so specified and current shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act — (i) to run from the date or event from which it was running immediately before 9th October 2009; and (ii) to expire (subject to any provision of this Act for its extension) whenever it would have expired if this Act had not been enacted, and any rights, priorities, liabilities, reliefs, obligations, requirements, powers, duties or Singapore Statutes Online Current version as at 01 Oct 2018 PDF created date on: 01 Oct 2018