Transitional jurisdiction: offences for special courts are tried by ordinary criminal courts until special courts are established. Any offence triable by a Special Court shall, until a Special Court is established, be tried by the Court of Session or the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class exercising jurisdiction over the area, notwithstanding the criminal procedure law; the proviso preserves the High Court's power to transfer cases or classes of cases under the criminal procedure law.