Section 440 — Transitional 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 3[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):