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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 223 of trial of child the Code of Crimina. Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or any other; law and adult in for the time being in forcew no child shall be charged with or tried ?’“5.Whem for any offence togetiner Wifh an adult, if a juvenile court has been giggle com established for the ana where the trial of such case is to take place. (2) If a child is. accused of an ofi‘ence for which under section 223 of the Code of (,‘riminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or any other law for the timt. being in force, such child and the adult could, but for the provision of sub-section (1), have been tried together the court taking cogn zance of the offence shah direcfiseparate trials of the child and the adult.