558 No. 22 of 2016] Industrial Design SCHEDULE (Section one hundred and ten) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 1. An application for the registration of a design made prior to the commencement of this Act shall be processed as if this Act had not been passed, but the registration shall be made in accordance with this Act. 2. Any registration of a design, licence or contract made prior to the commencement of this Act shall, subject to equitable treatment of the rights and interests acquired by third parties, be continued in accordance with this Act and shall, within six months of the commencement of this Act, comply with this Act. 3. (1) The enactment of this Act shall not affect any proceedings instituted in terms of the repealed Act, which were pending in court, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, and such proceedings shall be disposed off in court as if this Act had not been passed. (2) Criminal proceedings instituted as specified in subsection (1), shall be regarded as having been pending if the person concerned had pleaded to the charge in question. (3) An administrative investigation instituted in accordance with the repealed Act, which was pending, shall be disposed off as if this Act had not been passed. (4) Disciplinary proceedings which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were underway or pending shall be concluded as if this Act had not been passed. (5) Appeal processes which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were underway or pending shall proceed as if this Act had not been passed.