Questions of title

If, in any proceedings under this Act, any question arises as to the title to any private land in respect of which any such proceedings are taken, the court or officer having jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate upon any such proceedings shall, for the purposes of the said proceedings, notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, have jurisdiction to try and determine any such question of title, provided that the judgment or decision of such court or officer shall not be received as evidence of title or pleaded in bar in any civil suit or proceedings in which the title to the land may be put in issue.