provisions of the Cr.P.C. have been made applicable to the Special Court constituted under the provisions of the NDPS Act by Armendment Act No.2 of 1989 with Simu effect from 29.5.1989. "Save as otherwise provided in the Act", employed in Section 36-C of the NDPS Act, is indicative of/reflection of the word "exception" intended to exclude some provisions of the Cr.P.C like Section 360 Cr.P.C. etc., which have been expressively excluded by the NDPS Act by Sections 32A and 33 of the NDPS Act. As such, the above stated phrase has qualified the operation of the Cr.P.C. in the proceedings before the Special Court to the extent provided in the NDPS Act. Once the Code of Criminal Procedure has been made applicable, the provisions of the Cr.P.C. contained in Sections 451 and 457 of the Cr.P.C. would automatically be attracted. As such, with effect from 29.5.1989, the Cr.P.C. as a whole, subject to the exception craved out as noticed herein-above, has been made applicable to the proceeding before the Special Court (NDPS) and therefore, application under Sections 451 and 457 of the Cr.P.C. for interim
