I shall now set out the relevant provisions of the . section 21 of the is in the following terms: "Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act and to such rules as the High Court may make in this behalf, all 231 proceedings under this Act shall be regulated, as far as may be by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908." Section 21A which was introduced in the Act by the Amending Act, (68 of 1976) provided as follows: "(1) where (a) a petition under this Act has been presented to a district court having jurisdiction by a party to a marriage praying for a decree for judicial separation under section 10 or for a decree of divorce under section 13, and (b) another petition under this Act has been presented thereafter by the other party to the marriage praying for a decree for judicial separation under section 10 or for a decree of divorce under section 13 on any ground, whether in the same district court or in a different district court, in the same State or in a different State; the petition shall be dealt with as specified in sub section(2) (2) in a case where sub section (1) applies; (a) if the petitions are presented to the same district court, both the petitions shall be tried and heard together by that Court: (b) if the petitions are presented to different district courts, the petition presented later shall be transferred to the district court in which the earlier petition was presented and both the petitions shall be heard and disposed of together by the district court in which the earlier petition was presented.