Section 438 The Company Act 2013

Section 438 The Company Act 2013

Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court

Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be 1[deemed to be a Court of Session or the court of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, as the case may be] and the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Court shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor.

Amendment

1. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act,2017 – Amendment Effective from 7th May 2018

In section 438

for the words “deemed to be a Court of Session”

the following word shall be substituted, namely :-

“deemed to be a Court of Session or the court of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, as the case may be”