CHAPTER VII 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 (4 of 2006)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 (2 of 1974) be charged at the same trial.
(3) The Special Court constituted under this Act, notwithstanding anything in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000)shall have jurisdiction to try offences under section 67B of that Act 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.
Section 27 Medical examination of a child
Section 28 Designation of Special Courts
Section 29 Presumption as to certain offences
Section 30 Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 31 Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
Section 32 Special Public Prosecutors
Section 33 Procedure and powers of Special Court
Section 35 Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case
Section 36 Child not to see accused at the time of testifying
Section 37 Trials to be conducted in camera
Section 38 Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child
Section 39 Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc
Section 40 Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner
Section 41 Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases
Section 42 Alternate punishment
Section 43 Public awareness about Act
Section 44 Monitoring of implementation of Act