Power to try summarily
OF SUMMARY TRIALS
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,- 308[(a) the Metropolitan Magistrate 309[***],
310[any 311[***] Magistrate] of the first class 312[***] , and
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:-
offences not punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment for a term exceeding 315[two years];
offences relating to weights and measures under sections 264, 265 and 266 of the Penal Code;
Hurt, under section 323 of the same Code;
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];
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];
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];
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];
mischief, under 320[sections 426 and 427] of the same Code;
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;
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;]
abetment of any of the foregoing offences;
an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence;
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.
[Omitted by section 22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXIV of 1982).]