Repeal and saving

64. This Part of this Law shall be deemed to have ceased on the 1st day of September, 1942:

Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply, subject to the provisions of section 62, to any teacher who made an election under, and in accordance with, the provisions of paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 49A of the Elementary Education Law, as enacted in section 23 of the Elementary Education (Amendment) Law, 1944.