Bar of civil suits and proceedings in courts

(1) No Civil or Revenue Court shall entertain— (a) any suit, appeal, or application for revision— (i) to recover any debt to which the provisions of this Act apply; (ii) to question the validity of any procedure or the legality of any order made by a debt settlement officer or an Appellate Officer under this Act; (b) any application to execute a decree passed by a Civil Court against a debtor. (2) Any suit, appeal, application for revision against a decree or application to execute a decree pending before any such Court on the appointed day shall abate; Provided that if any such suit, appeal or application is pending jointly against such debtor and any other person who is not a debtor, nothing in sub- section (2) shall affect the continuance of such suit or application or appeal or revision application in so far as it relates to such other person. (3) On the appointed day, every debtor undergoing detention in a civil prison in execution of any decree passed by a Civil Court in respect of his debt, shall be released.