72 Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa or stand transferred to, and be deemed to be pending for determination before, the Court of Appeal. (3) Any decision of the High Court or of any Court having jurisdiction to hear appeals from the High Court shall have the same force and effect as if it had been delivered or made by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, respectively. 120. Existing officers to continue in office - Subject to the provisions of this Constitution: (a) a person who, immediately before Independence Day, holds the office of Attorney-General or of a member of the Public Service Commission shall, on and after that day, hold the corresponding office established under the provisions of this Constitution on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to him or her immediately before Independence Day; and (b) a person who, immediately before Independence Day, is an employee of the Samoan Public Service referred to in the Samoa Amendment Act 1949 shall, on and after that day, hold the like employment in the Public Service. 121. Laws not brought into force before Independence Day - Where any Ordinance was enacted or made by the Legislative Assembly of the Trust Territory and the coming into force of that Ordinance was suspended, that Ordinance may, on or after Independence Day, come into force on the date specified therein or as may be specified by any authority empowered to bring it into force; and, in such case, the Ordinance shall, on and after that date, take effect as an Act or Parliament. 122. Adaptation of existing law - Where in the existing law reference is made to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Trust Territory of Samoa, to the Crown in right of the Trust Territory of Samoa, to the Trust Territory of Samoa, to Samoa, or to Samoa, that reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to Samoa.

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