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THE SPECIAL COURTS FOR SPEEDY TRIALS (REPEAL) ACT, 1996 
 
 
 
        CONTENTS 
 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Repeal and savings 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE SPECIAL COURTS FOR SPEEDY TRIALS (REPEAL) ACT, 1996 
ACT No. XI OF 1996 
An Act to repeal the Special Courts for Speedy Trials Act, 1992 
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Special Courts for Speedy Trials Act, 1992 (IX of 1992), 
for the purposes hereinafter appearing; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Special Courts for Speedy 
Trials (Repeal) Act, 1996. 
(2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Repeal and savings .—(1) The Special Courts for Speedy Tr ials Act, 1992 (IX of 1992), 
hereinafter referred to as the said Act, shall stand repealed from the twenty-sixth day of July, 1994. 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Act,— 
(a)  every order, decision or judgement passed by any Special Court or the Supreme 
Appellate Court constituted under the  said Act before such repeal  shall remain in 
force and the operative and the repeal shall not effect any thing duly done or 
punishment incurred or suffered thereunder; 
(b)  all convictions passed, punishments or sentences awarded by the Special Court or 
the Supreme Appellate Courts before such repeal shall be executed as if the said 
Act was in force; 
(c)  any investigation or inquiry under the said Act, made or instituted shall continue to 
be made and instituted; 
(d)  all cases pending before the Special Courts at the time of such repeal shall  stand 
transferred to the respective Courts of Session of the area or such other courts where 
the cases were registered against the accused; 
(e)  the Court of Session or, as the case may be, any other court to which a case has 
been transferred from a Special Court under clause (d) shall try it in accordance 
with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), or 
the law applicable to such case; 
(f)  all appeals pending adjudication before the Supreme Appellate Court shall stand 
transferred to the respective High Courts having territorial jurisdiction; and 
(g)  on receipt of an appeal under clause (f), the High Court sha ll cause its disposal by 
a Bench consisting of not less than two Judges of the High Court in  accordance 
with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (Act V of 1898), and the 
original order shall be deemed to have been passed by a Single Bench o f the High 
Court. 
 
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(3) Where a case was transferred to the Special Court from a court other than the Court of Session, 
such Court of Session shall, on receipt of the case under clause (d) of sub -section (2), transmit it to chat 
court for further proceedings: 
Provided that where a case was transferred to th e Special Court before the com pletion of 
investigation or submission of report under section 173 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 
1898), and in the case the investigation has not been completed or the report has not been submitted, such 
case shall be transmitted to the concerned investigation agency for further act ion within a period of one 
year. 
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