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(1) Where a Board or a Children's Court has been constituted for any area, such Board or Court shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force but save as otherwise expressly provided m this Act, have power to oeal exclusively with all pro-.eedings under this Act relating to ne~lected children cir delinquent children, as the case may be. 69 (2) Where no Board or Children's Court has been constituted for any a 1 ea, the powers conferred on the Board or the Children's Court by or under this Act 1hall be exercised in that area, only by the following, namely:- (a) the District Magistrate; or (b)' the Subd ivisional Magistrate ; or (<') any Magistrate of the First Class. (3) T he powers conferred on the Board or Chil· dren's Court by c·r l\Dder this Act may also be exercised by the High Court and the Court of Ses,ion, when the proce.:ding comes before them in appeal, revision or otherwise. Proceaure