Section 260Chapter XXII

Power to try summarily

OF SUMMARY TRIALS

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,- 308[(a) the Metropolitan Magistrate 309[***],

(b)

310[any 311[***] Magistrate] of the first class 312[***] , and

(c)

any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class 313[***], 314[shall] try in a summary way all or any of the following offences:-

(a)

offences not punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment for a term exceeding 315[two years];

(b)

offences relating to weights and measures under sections 264, 265 and 266 of the Penal Code;

(c)

Hurt, under section 323 of the same Code;

(d)

theft, under section 379, 380 or 381 of the same Code, where the value of the property stolen does not exceed 316[ five lac taka];

(e)

dishonest misappropriation of property under section 403 of the same Code, where the value of the property misappropriated does not exceed 317[five lac taka];

(f)

receiving or retaining stolen property under section 411 of the same Code, where the value of such property does not exceed 318[five lac taka];

(g)

assisting in the concealment or disposal of stolen property, under section 414 of the same Code, where the value of such property does not exceed 319[five lac taka];

(h)

mischief, under 320[sections 426 and 427] of the same Code;

(i)

321[criminal trespass, under section 447, and] house trespass, under section 448, and offences under sections 451, 453, 454, 456 and 457 or the same Code;

(j)

insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, under section 504, and criminal intimidation, under section 506, 322[and offences under sections 509 and 510] of the same Code; 323[(jj) offence of bribery and personation at an election under sections 171E and 171F of the same Code;]

(k)

abetment of any of the foregoing offences;

(l)

an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence;

(m)

offences under section 20 of the Cattle-trespass Act,1871: Provided that no case in which a Magistrate exercises the special powers conferred by section 324[33A] shall be tried in a summary way.

(2)

[Omitted by section 22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXIV of 1982).]