Pending legal proceedings.

If on the date of appointment of a Commissioner of Police for any area, any legal proceedings are pending to which a District Superintendent or Police is a party or, where any powers and duties of a District Magistrate are conferred in substitution on a Commissioner of Police by virtue of this Act or any enactment in the Schedule, a District Magistrate for that area is a party, the Commissioner of Police shall be substituted for the District Superintendent of Police or, as the case may be, for the District Magistrate in the said proceedings. (a) in sub-section (1), for the words “In Greater Bombay” the words “In any area under the charge of a Commissioner” shall be substituted ; (b) in sub-section (2), for the words “In areas outside Greater Bombay” the words “In areas outside the charge of a Commissioner” shall be substituted.