Government Gazette 29 December 2004 No.3361 39 NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT, 2004 Act No. 27, 2004 (3) A by-law made under this section may prescribe fines not exceeding N$2 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months for any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith. Transitional provisions 68. (1) All assets, rights liabilities and obligations of the National Monuments Council constituted under the National Monuments Act, 1969 (Act No. 28 of 1969) vest in the Council on the commencement of this Act. (2) Any immovable property referred to in subsection (1) vests in the Council without formal transfer and without payment of transfer duty, stamp duty or any other fee or charge, but subject to any existing right, charge, obligation registered in or over the property. (3) The Registrar of Deeds must make the necessary endorsements in the registers and records of the Deeds Registry and on any title deed or other document submitted to the Registrar to give effect to the provisions of subsection (2). (4) A person who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act was a member of the National Monuments Council referred to in section 2 ofthe National Monuments Act, 1969 (Act No. 28 of1969) continues to serve as member of the Council for a period of 1 year from the date of commencement of this Act and is deemed to have been appointed under this Act. (5) Every person who, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, was employed by the National Monuments Council referred to in subsection (1), becomes on that date an employee of the Council ­ (a) at the same remuneration and conditions of service as applied to him or her immediately before that date; and (b) without any interruption in the employment of that person. Repeal of laws and savings 69. (1) (a) the National Monuments Act, 1969 (Act No. 28 of 1969); (b) the National Monuments Amendment Act, 1970 (Act No. 22 of 1970); (c) the National Monuments Amendment Act, 1971 (Act No. 30 of 1971); (d) the National Monuments Act Amendment Act, 1979 (Act No.7 of 1979); and (e) the National Monuments Amendment Act, 1979 (Act No. 35 of 1979); Subject to subsection (2) ­ are repealed. (2) Any regulation or by-law made and anything done under a provision of a law repealed by subsection (1), and which may be made or done under a provision of this Act, is deemed to have been made or done under the corresponding provision of this Act. Short title and commencement 70. This Act is called the National Heritage Act, 2004 and comes into operation on a date determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.