law: 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  (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961 are hereby repealed.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.