9. Offences to be tried summarily
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the [State Government] and the provisions of Sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial:
Provided that in a case of conviction for any offence in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to pass a sentence of imprisonment for any term for which such offence is punishable under this Act.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs w.e.f. 23-9-1981 . Subs. by Act 40 of 1981, s. 13, for "appropriate Government" (w.e.f. 23-9-1981).