(7) All Family Justice Rules made under this section shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
(8) Prior to the enactment of Family Justice Rules on any matter which may be dealt with under those Rules, the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) may make Rules of Court for dealing with that matter.
Savings and transitional provisions
47.—(1) Notwithstanding sections 4, 22, 23 and 24, any family proceedings (not being probate proceedings) commenced in the High Court before the appointed date shall, on and after that date, be continued in and dealt with by the High Court as if those sections had not been enacted.
(2) Notwithstanding sections 4 and 22, any contentious probate proceedings commenced in the High Court before the date specified under subsection (11) shall, on and after that date, be continued in and dealt with by the High Court as if those sections had not been enacted.
(3) Any non-contentious probate proceedings commenced in the High Court before the date specified under subsection (11) shall, on and after that date, be continued in and dealt with by the Family Division of the High Court.
(4) Any family proceedings (not being probate proceedings) commenced in a District Court or Magistrate’s Court before the appointed date shall, on and after that date, be continued in and dealt with by a Family Court.
(5) Notwithstanding sections 69(a), (b), (g), (h), (l), (m), (n) and (p) and 72(a), (g) and (i), any contentious probate proceedings commenced in a District Court before the date specified under subsection (11) shall, on and after that date, be continued in and dealt with by a District Court.
(6) Sections 69(a), (b), (g), (h), (l), (m), (n) and (p) and 72(a), (g) and (i) shall not apply to any contentious probate proceedings commenced in a District Court before the date specified under subsection (11); instead, the following provisions shall continue to