Section 18: Trial before special Court to have precedence — Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1992

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18. Trial before special Court to have precedence.—The trial under this Act of any offence by a Special Court, and appearance of the accused before it, shall have precedence over the trial of any other case against the accused in any other Court, except the High Court on its original side.

Effective date: 1992-01-01

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Section 17: Appeal Section 19: Modified application of certain provisions of the Code Section 16: Power to transfer cases to regular courts Section 20: Overriding effect of Act Section 15: Manner and place of execution of sentence Section 21: Delegation

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