The non-obstante clause in Section 142(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 expressly overrides…

Section 142(1) opens with the words "Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973", so its rules on cognizance, limitation and the trying court override that Code. The repealed Code of 1898 is not the one it names, and the Civil Procedure Code and the Evidence Act are not mentioned.

Current law: the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure from 1 July 2024, and the section's reference to the 1973 Code is now read as a reference to the BNSS (section 8, General Clauses Act, 1897).