https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46592 A Special Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class constituted for specified offences under the Criminal Procedure Code retained the ordinary trial jurisdiction of a Magistrate of First Class and could try Indian Penal Code offences such as cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy alongside offences under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947. The notification creating the court did not curtail that jurisdiction, and the limited reference to specified Acts did not exclude powers otherwise available under the Code. At the cognizance stage, no detailed reasons were required for issuing process, and examination of the complainant was dispensed with because the complaint was made in writing by an authorised public servant. The criminal proceedings were ultimately quashed in the circumstances. en-us Wed, 05 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46592 A Special Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class constituted for specified offences under the Criminal Procedure Code retained the ordinary trial jurisdiction of a Magistrate of First Class and could try Indian Penal Code offences such as cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy alongside offences under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947. The notification creating the court did not curtail that jurisdiction, and the limited reference to specified Acts did not exclude powers otherwise available under the Code. At the cognizance stage, no detailed reasons were required for issuing process, and examination of the complainant was dispensed with because the complaint was made in writing by an authorised public servant. The criminal proceedings were ultimately quashed in the circumstances. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 05 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46592