Section-36D Transitional provisions

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Section-36D Transitional provisions

(1) Any offence committed under this Act on or after the commencement of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 1988, until a Special Court is constituted   under section 36, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, be tried by a Court of Session:

Provided that offences punishable under sections 26, 27 and 32 may be tried summarily.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed to require the transfer to a Special Court of any proceedings in relation to an offence taken cognizance of by a Court of Session under the said sub-section (1) and the same shall be heard and disposed of by the Court of Session.]

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