(1) No civil or revenue court shall entertain a suit, application or proceeding against a debtor in respect of any debt to which the provisions of this Act apply and any suit, application or proceeding pending before such court after the coming into force of this Act shall abate.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no decree of a civil court or certificate under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, in relation to a debt to which the provisions of this Act apply, shall be executed.
10. If any question arises in connection with a proceeding under this Act before an authority as to whether a person is a debtor or not or whether a liability is a debt or not, the authority shall decide the question.