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Definition :

Special law, a 'special law' is a law applicable to a particular subject. [Indian Penal Code, s. 41]

--the expression special law means a provision of law, which is not applicable generally but which applies to a particular or specified subject or class of subjects, AIR 1961 Bom 154(155). [Limitation Act, 1908, s. 29(2)]