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Chapter XXII
OF SUMMARY TRIALS
260.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,-
1[(a) the Metropolitan Magistrate 2[***],
(b) 3[any 4[***] Magistrate] of the first class 5[***] , and
(c) any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class 6[***],
7[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 8[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 9[ 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 10[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 11[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 12[five lac taka];
(h) mischief, under 13[sections 426 and 427] of the same Code;
(i) 14[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, 15[and offences under sections 509 and 510] of the same Code;
16[(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 17[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).]