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Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973- (a) no information about the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be recorded by a police officer without the prior approval of the District Collector in consultation with the Committee notified by the Government; (b) no investigation of an offence under the provision of this Act shall be carried out by a police officer below the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, or for the areas where the Commissioner of Police is appointed by the State Government, by a police officer not below the rank of the Assistant Commissioner of Police. 1[12A. (1) Any person aggrieved by a final judgment and order made by the Special Court under this Act may prefer an appeal against such order to the High Court. (2) A separate appeal shall lie from the judgment and the order made by the Special Court in the civil proceedings or the criminal proceedings respectively under this Act to the High Court.