Arbitration Act 1940
Section 85
Repeal and Savings
(1) The Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act,
1937 (6 of 1937), the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940) and Foreign Awards
(Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961 are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, -
(a) the provisions of
the said enactments shall apply in relation to arbitral proceedings which
commenced before this Act came into force unless otherwise agreed by the
parties but this Act shall apply in relation to arbitral proceedings which
commenced on or after this Act comes into force;
(b) all rules made and
notifications published, under the said enactments shall, to be extent to which
they are not repugnant to this Act, be deemed respectively to have been made or
issued under this Act.