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 Court of Session exercising jurisdiction over
the area, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974):
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the High Court under section
407 of the Code to transfer any case or class of cases taken cognizance by a Court of Session under this
section.
