Article 225, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (vii) or paragraph (2) of the new Act (limited to the portions concerning dividends of profits or of interest on bearer shares or distributions of proceeds relating to bearer beneficiary certificates of a Securities Investment Trust) applies to such dividends of profits or of interest or distributions of proceeds which are paid on or after January 1, 1966, and the provisions then in force continue to govern such dividends of profits or of interest or distributions of proceeds which are paid before that date.