Pending suits and proceedings

Every suit or other proceedings pending before any of the existing Courts immediately before the commencement of this Act shall on such commencements stand transferred to the Court having jurisdiction under the provisions of this Act and if there are more than one Court having such jurisdiction, to the Court which the District Judge may specify in that behalf in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the Court to which the proceeding so stand transferred shall proceed to try, hear and determine the matter as if it had been pending in that Court.