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28. The Schedule to this Ordinance is hereby substituted for the Substitution hird Schedule to the principal Ordinance.
of Third Schedule to the principal Ordinance.
29. The following section is hereby substituted for section 84 of Substitution the principal Ordinance :-
"Indictable offences which may be dealt with summarily.
30.
of new section for section 84 of the
84. (1) Whenever any person is accused before a principal special magistrate of any indictable offence except an Ordinance. offence specified in the Third Schedule, the magistrate, instead of committing the accused for trial before the court, may deal with the case and convict the accused summarily, and on conviction may sentence the accused to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the provisions of section 86.
(2) Whenever any person is accused before a permanent magistrate of any indictable offence except an offence specified in the first part of the Third Schedule, the magistrate, instead of committing the accused for trial before the court, may deal with the case and convict the accused summarily, and on conviction may sentence. the accused to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect any greater punishment specifically provided for in any other Ordinance."
The following section is hereby substituted for section 86 of Substitution the principal Ordinance :-
"Special powers for summary trial of certain indictable offences. Ordinance No. 2 of
1865.
of new section for section 86
Ordinance.
86. Where any person is accused of stealing from of the the person or of any offence within the meaning of either principal of sections 44 and 45 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, 1865, it shall be lawful for a special magistrate to hear the case and convict the accused summarily and to sentence him to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year or to commit the accused for trial before the court."
31.
Sections 87 and 88 of the principal Ordinance are hereby Repeal of
repealed.
sections 87
and 88
32.
of the principal Ordinance.
Section 91 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by Amendment the substitution of the words "two thousand" for the words "two of section 91 hundred and fifty" in the sixth line thereof.
of the principal Ordinance.
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