Special Court proceedings are governed by the Code of Criminal Procedure and treated as equivalent to ordinary criminal courts. Unless the Act provides otherwise, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 applies to Special Court proceedings; a Special Court is deemed equivalent to the appropriate ordinary criminal court (Court of Session, Metropolitan Magistrate, or Judicial Magistrate of the First Class) and the person conducting prosecution before it is deemed a Public Prosecutor.
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Special Court proceedings are governed by the Code of Criminal Procedure and treated as equivalent to ordinary criminal courts.
Unless the Act provides otherwise, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 applies to Special Court proceedings; a Special Court is deemed equivalent to the appropriate ordinary criminal court (Court of Session, Metropolitan Magistrate, or Judicial Magistrate of the First Class) and the person conducting prosecution before it is deemed a Public Prosecutor.
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