Section 438 — Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court

Save as otherwise provided in this
Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) 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