What does this function do? Does it transfer the contract to a new owner?

Smart Contracts
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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Owned contract
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
contract Owned {
    address public owner;
    address public newOwner;

    event OwnershipTransferred(address indexed _from, address indexed _to);

    constructor() public {
        owner = msg.sender;
    }

    modifier onlyOwner {
        require(msg.sender == owner);
        _;
    }

    function transferOwnership(address _newOwner) public onlyOwner {
        newOwner = _newOwner;
    }
    function acceptOwnership() public {
        require(msg.sender == newOwner);
        emit OwnershipTransferred(owner, newOwner);
        owner = newOwner;
        newOwner = address(0);
    }
}
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The old owner transfers the ownership of the contract to new owner and the new owner needs to accept the ownership.
As a smart contract developer, you need to write a contract which needs to derive this contract (Owned) and use onlyOwner() for control access.

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So this is wrong? Also how does the new owner accept it? Is it a pop up in the wallet?

4

I do not see anything wrong.
The new owner needs to interact with smart contract, easy way is to use etherscan with metamask connected.