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Section 261. Power to invest Bench of Magistrates invested with less powers

The [5] may [6] confer on any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second or third class power to try summarily all or any of the following offences:__ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

  1. offences against the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), sections 277, 278, 279, 285, 286, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, [1] , 341, 352, 426, [2] ;
  2. offences against Municipal Acts, and the conservancy clauses of Police Acts which are punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month [3] ;
  3. abetment of any of the foregoing offences ;
  4. an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence.
Annotations (6)
  • amendment [1] Ordinance No. LXXXV of 2002, s. 4. ↩
  • amendment [2] the Amending Act, 1903 (I of 1903), s.3 and Sch., II, Pt. II. ↩
  • amendment [3] the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1957 (XLIII of 1957), s.2. ↩
  • amendment [4] by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s.2 and Sch. ↩
  • amendment [5] A.O., 1937, for “L.G”. ↩
  • amendment [6] the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s.2 and Sch. ↩

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