https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312245 Where a special statute expressly names the court competent to try an offence, that designation is exclusive and governs the forum for trial. Section 15(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Private Forests Act limited trials to a Magistrate of the Second or Third Class, so a Magistrate of the First Class had no jurisdiction even if broader ordinary powers existed under the criminal procedure code. The general provisions of the Code, including the schedules, could not enlarge the special forum once the statute had fixed it. A trial conducted by an unauthorized court was therefore void under section 530(p). en-us Tue, 24 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:20:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312245 Where a special statute expressly names the court competent to try an offence, that designation is exclusive and governs the forum for trial. Section 15(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Private Forests Act limited trials to a Magistrate of the Second or Third Class, so a Magistrate of the First Class had no jurisdiction even if broader ordinary powers existed under the criminal procedure code. The general provisions of the Code, including the schedules, could not enlarge the special forum once the statute had fixed it. A trial conducted by an unauthorized court was therefore void under section 530(p). Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312245