Section 21June 16, 1954, Sec./Art. 21

General provisions. - Whenever the words "Board of Tax Appeals" are used in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and seventy, otherwise known as the Assessment Law, or in other laws, rules and regulations relative thereto, the same shall read "Board of Assessment Appeals."

The Central Board of Tax Appeals created under section two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty is hereby abolished.

Executive Order Numbered Four hundred and one-A, dated the fifth of January, nineteen hundred and fifty- one, is repealed and the Board of Tax Appeals created therein, abolished: Provided, however, That all cases heretofore decided by the said Board of Tax Appeals and thence appealed to the Supreme Court pursuant to Executive Order Numbered Four hundred one-A shall be decided by the Supreme Court on the merits to all intents and purposes as if said Executive Order has been duly enacted by the Congress: And, Provided, further, That all cases now pending in the said Board of Tax Appeals shall be transferred to the Court of Tax Appeals and shall be heard and decided by the latter to all intents and purposes as if they had been originally filed therein.

Any law or part of law, or any executive order, rule or regulation or part thereon, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed.