Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Chapter VII Special
Courts
28. Designation of
Special Courts.-
1.
For
the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the State Government shall in
consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification in the
Official Gazette, designate for each district, a Court of Session to be a
Special Court to try the offences under the Act:
Provided that if a
Court of Session is notified as a children's court under the Commissions for
Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 or a Special Court designated for similar
purposes under any other law for the time being in force, then, such court
shall be deemed to be a Special Court under this section.
2.
While
trying an offence under this Act, a Special Court shall also try an offence
[other than the offence referred to in sub-section (1)], with which the accused
may, under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, be charged at the same trial.
3.
The
Special Court constituted under this Act, notwithstanding anything in the
Information Technology Act, 2000, shall have jurisdiction to try offences under
section 67B of that Art in so far as it relates to publication or transmission
of sexually explicit material depicting children in any act, or conduct or
manner or facilitates abuse of children online.