Section 44:
Pending proceedings.
(1) Any suit, proceeding, case or appeal pending in a court immediately
before the commencement of this Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be
transferred to the court exercising under this Act jurisdiction which corresponds, as far as may be, to the
jurisdiction of the court in which the suit, proceeding, case or appeal was pending and the court to which
the suit, proceeding, case or appeal is deemed to be transferred shall proceed to try, hear and determine the
matter as if it had been pending in that court.
(2) Any appeal from a judgment, decree, sentence or order passed or made by a court and not appealed
against before the commencement of this Act shall, after such commencement, lie to the court exercising
under this Act jurisdiction which corresponds, as far as may be, to the jurisdiction of the court to which
such appeal would have lain if this Act had not been passed and had not come into force.
(3) Any judgment, decree, sentence or order passed or made before the commencement of this Act by
any court shall be deemed for the purpose of execution to have been passed by a court constituted under
this Act which corresponds, as far as may be, to the court which passed or made the judgment, decree,
sentence or order as the case may be:
Provided that nothing contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be construed as extending
period of limitation to which any suit, proceeding, case or appeal may be subject.