Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, That the Repeal of the said several Acts hereby repealed shall not operate to revive any Act thereby repealed, nor shall the same annul or prejudice any Sale, Purchase, Composition, Grant, Lease, Enfranchisement, Exchange, Contract, Agreement, Bond, Mortgage, Security, Indemnity, Exoneration, Compensation, Charge, Responsibility, or other Act, Matter, or Thing which at the Time of passing this Act shall have been made, done, given, effected, or created, or which shall have been confirmed by or under and by virtue of such Acts, or any or either of them, but the same shall remain as good, valid, and effectual, and all the Provisions in the said Acts respectively contained for the Benefit or Security, either of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, or of any of the Parties to or with whom or in whose Favour any such Sale, Composition, Grant, Lease, Enfranchisement, Exchange, Contract, Agreement, Bond, Mortgage, Security, Indemnity, Exoneration, Compensation, Confirmation, Charge, Responsibility, or other Act, Matter, or Thing, shall have been made, done, given, effected, created, or confirmed, or with whom any other Transaction shall have taken place under the Provisions of the said Acts respectively, shall, so far as regards Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and such Parties respectively, and all Parties claiming under Her or them, remain and be of as full force and virtue as if the said Acts had not been hereby in any Manner repealed; and in case any Contract shall have been entered into or any Proceeding instituted before the Commencement of this present Act, under and by virtue of the said Acts or any of them, which shall not have been fully performed or completed, the same shall be proceeded with, performed, and completed under the Provisions of the said Acts in the same Manner as if the same had not been hereby repealed, unless the said principal Officers shall think it more expedient to proceed with, perform, and complete the same under the Provisions of this Act, and in that Case the same shall and may be proceeded with, performed, and completed under the Provisions of this Act.