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Banumati, JJ further held that that insofar as the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is concerned, on the issue of jurisdiction, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, would have to give way to the provisions of the instant enactment on account of the non-obstante clause in sub-section (1) of Section 142A of the NI Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining that the words \u201cas if that sub-section had been in force at all material times\u201d used with reference to Section 142(2), in Section 142A(1) of NI Act gives retrospectivity to the provision, the Court held that insofar as the territorial jurisdiction for initiating proceedings emerging from the dishonor of the cheque is concerned, the order given in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod vs. State of Maharashtra, (2014) 9 SCC 12 is not applicable. 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