Section 42:
Jurisdiction of ordinary courts.
(1) Except as may be provided in this Act or in any rule made
thereunder or in any order made under any such rule by the Central Government or the State Government
or by an officer not below the rank of Collector empowered under sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2) of section 40 to make such order, the ordinary criminal and civil courts shall continue to exercise
jurisdiction.
(2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any provision in any such rule or order as
aforesaid to the effect that the decision of any authority not being a court shall be final or conclusive shall
be a sufficient excepting provision within the meaning of sub-section (1).