440Transitional provisions
Any offence committed under this Act, which is triable by a Special Court shall, until a Special Court is established, be tried by a 1[Court of Session or the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, as the case may be] exercising jurisdiction over the area, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974):
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the High Court under section 407 of the Code to transfer any case or class of cases taken cognizance by a 1[Court of Session or the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, as the case may be] under this section.
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1. Subs. by s. 89, ibid., for "Court of Session" (w.e.f. 7-5-2018).
- 435 Establishment of Special Court
- 436 Offences triable by Special Courts
- 437 Appeal and revision
- 438 Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court
- 439 Offences to be non-cognizable
- 440 Transitional provisions
- 441 Compounding of certain offences
- 442 Mediation and Conciliation Panel
- 443 Power of Central Government to appoint company prosecutor
- 444 Appeal against acquittal
- 445 Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause
- 446 Application of fines
- 446A Factors for determining level of punishment
- 446B Lesser penalties for One Person Companies or small companies