16. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract or in any other instrument, on the establishment of the Institute under section 3 of this Ordinance-(a) all assets of the research divisions, experimental stations and sub-stations and research projects institutes of the Directorate of Agriculture (Research and Education), hereinafter referred to as the research components of the said Directorate, shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the Institute;(b) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the research components of the said Directorate subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall, unless the Government otherwise directs, be the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Institute;(c) the services of such officers, advisors, consultants and other staff and employees of the research components of the said Directorate as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct, be placed at the disposal of the Institute and such officers, advisors, consultants and other staff and employees shall, unless otherwise directed by the Government, hold office on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance.