Shall have regard to the provisions of this Act, words 'shall have regard to the provisions of this Act' merely mean that 'where the new Act has slightly modified or clarified the previous provisions, these modifications and clarifications should be applied', Karam Singh Sobti v. Pratap Chand, AIR 1964 SC 1305: (1964) 4 SCR 647.
The expression 'shall have regard to the provisions of this Act' merely means that where the new Act had slightly modified or classified the previous provisions these modifications and clarifications should be applied. These words did not take away what was provided by sub-s. (2) of s. 57 and ordinarily the old Act would apply to pending proceedings, S. Kartar Singh v. Chamanlal, AIR 1969 SC 1288: (1969) 1 SCC 760: (1970) 1 SCR 9.