Section 101: Special provisions as to pending appeals or existing rights to appeal.

(1) Notwithstanding section 97 of this Act, where in any proceedings constituting a matrimonial cause a decree has been made before the commencement of this Act the following provisions of this subsection shall have effect as if it had not been made, that is to say-
(a) any appeal in respect of that decree may be continued or instituted;
(b) any new trial or rehearing ordered upon the hearing of such an appeal, or upon an appeal heard before the commencement of this Act, may be had and completed; and
(c) any decree may be made upon any such appeal, new trial or rehearing, and, if a decree so made is a decree nisi, the decree may be made or become absolute.
(2) In this section, "appeal" includes-
(a) an application for leave or special leave to appeal;
(b) an application for a new trial or a rehearing; and
(c) an intervention.