Section 2
. Ins. by s. 19, ibid ., (w.e.f. 1-4-2022).
2 . Ins. by s. 19, ibid ., (w.e.f. 1-4-2022).
* Vide Notification No. G.S.R. 59(E), dated 30th January, 2020, Central Government hereby directs that the provisions of section 460 of the Company Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), shall apply to a limited partnership from 30th January, 2020.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the Special Court may, if it thinks fit, try in a summary way any offence under this Act which is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years:
Provided that in the case of any conviction in a summary trial, no sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding one year shall be passed:
Provided further that, when at the commencement of or in the course of a summary trial, it appears to the Special Court that the nature of the case is such that the sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding one year may have to be passed or that it is, for any other reason, undesirable to try the case summarily, the Special Court shall, after hearing the parties, record an order to that effect and thereafter recall any witnesses who may have been examined and proceed to hear or re-hear the case in accordance with the procedure for the regular trial.