Sections 157 and 158 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Section 157 preserves certain notifications, rules, appointments and other acts made under repealed procedural enactments, so far as they are consistent with the CPC. Section 158 provides how references in earlier enactments or notifications to repealed procedural laws are to be read after commencement of the Code.
Section 157 CPC - Continuance of orders under repealed enactments
Notifications published, declarations and rules made, places appointed, agreements filed, scales prescribed, forms framed, appointments made and powers conferred under Act VIII of 1859 or under any Code of Civil Procedure or any Act amending the same or under any other enactment hereby repealed shall, so far as they are consistent with this Code, have the same force and effect as if they had been respectively published, made, appointed, filed, prescribed, framed and conferred under this Code and by the authority empowered thereby in such behalf.
What Section 157 CPC means
Section 157 is a transitional savings provision. It prevents valid procedural arrangements made under earlier repealed enactments from automatically lapsing when the Code came into force. Such notifications, rules, appointments and similar measures continue only to the extent that they are consistent with the CPC.
Section 158 CPC - Reference to Code of Civil Procedure and other repealed enactments
In every enactment or notification passed or issued before the commencement of this Code in which reference is made to or to any Charter or section of Act VIII of 1859 or any Code of Civil Procedure or any Act amending the same or any other enactment hereby repealed, such reference shall, so far as may be practicable, be taken to be made to this Code or to its corresponding Part, Order, section or rule.
What Section 158 CPC means
Section 158 is an interpretive bridge. Where an older enactment or notification refers to a repealed procedural enactment, the reference is, as far as practicable, read as a reference to the corresponding provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.