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(1) The Designated Court may take cognizance of the offence without the case being committed to it for trial and in trying the accused person, shall follow the procedure prescribed in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) for the trial of warrant cases by the Magistrates. The provisions of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (2 of 1974) shall so far as, may be, apply to the proceedings before a Designated Court and for the purposes of said provisions a Designated Court shall be deemed to be a Magistrate. CHAPTER—IV MISCELLANEOUS For Section 14 of the Principal Act, the following Section shall be substituted, namely :- “14. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other Act, except the Act or Acts enacted by Parliament and the rules framed thereunder, the provisions of this Act shall apply.” Substitution of section 14 of TPID (In Financial Establishment) Act, 2000.