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(1) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.

(2) Any action pending immediately before the coming into force of the Constitution before a chieftaincy committee appointed under the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81) shall be deemed to be pending before the House of Chiefs within whose Region the subject matter of the proceedings arose and shall be proceeded with and determined by that House in accordance with this Act.

(3) Any matter pending before a Traditional Council immediately before the commencement of this Act shall after the commencement of this Act be deemed to be pending before that Council and shall be proceeded with and determined by that Council in accordance with this Act.

(4) Any judgment or order given or made by a Traditional Council before the commencement of this Act may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or order given or made by a Traditional Council after the commencement of this Act may be enforced.

(5) Any appeal pending on or after the 22nd day of August, 1969 before a Chieftaincy Committee appointed under the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81) shall thereafter be deemed to be an appeal pending before the Regional House of Chiefs within whose region the subject matter of the proceedings arose and shall be proceeded with and determined by that House in accordance with this Act.

(6) Any application for leave to appeal pending before the Minister under subsection (1) of section 48 of the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81) immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be an appeal pending before the appropriate Regional House of Chiefs and shall be proceeded with and determined by that House in accordance with this Act.

(7) Any application for extension of time within which to appeal pending before the Minister immediately before the commencement of this Act shall thereafter be deemed to be an application pending before the appropriate Regional House of Chiefs, and shall be dealt with in accordance with this Act.

(8) A certificate issued in writing under the hand of the Commissioner responsible for chieftaincy matters or under the hand of any public officer authorised by him to the effect that-

(a) an application for leave to appeal was pending before the Minister under subsection (1) of section 48 of the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81) immediately before the commencement of this Act, or

(b) an application for extension of time within which to appeal was pending before the Minister immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be conclusive evidence for the purposes of subsections (6) and (7) respectively.[As inserted by the Chieftaincy (Amendment) Decree, 1973 (NRCD 166), s.3].