Section 8 — Pending legal proceedings.

If on the date of appointment of a Commissioner of Police for any area, any legal proceedings are pending to which a ¹[Superintendent of Police] is a party or, where any powers and duties of a District Magistrate are conferred in substitution on a Commissioner of Police by virtue of this Act or any enactment in the Schedule, a District Magistrate for that area is a party, the Commissioner of Police shall be substituted for the ²[Superintendent of Police] or, as the case may be, for the District Magistrate in the said procceedings.