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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to offences under this Act as if they were cognizable offences-- (a) for the purpose of investigation of such offences; and (b) for the purposes of matters other than (i) matters referred to in section 42 of that Code, and (ii) the arrest of a person without a warrant or without an order of a Magistrate.] Ins. by Act 2 of 1978, sec. 3 (w.e.f. 02/10/1978).