(b) any Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the
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[Provincial Government], and
(c) any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class and
especially empowered in this behalf by the 1[Provincial Government],
may, if he or they think fit, 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 six
months;
(b) offences relating to weights and measures under sections 264, 265 and 266 of the Pakistan Penal
Code (XLV of 1860);
(c) hurt, under section 2[clause (i) of section 337A] of the same Code;
(d) theft, under sections 379, 380 or 381 of the same Code, where the value of the property stolen
does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees];
(e) dishonest misappropriation of property under section 403 of the same Code, where the value of
the property misappropriated does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees] ;
(f) receiving or retaining stolen property under section 411 of the same code, where the value of
such property does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees];
(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 2[ten thousand rupees];
(h) mischief, under section 427 of the same Code;
(i) housetrespass, under section 448, and offences under sections 451, 3[453, 454], 456 and 457 of
the same Code ;
(j) insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, under section 504, and criminal intimidation,
under section 506, of the same Code;
[(jj) offence of personation at an election under section 171F of the same Code;]
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(k) abetment of any of the foregoing offences;
1 Subs. by A.O., 1937, for ‘’L.G.”,
2 Subs. by Ordinance, 85 of 02, s. 4.
3 Ins. by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903), s.3 and Sch., II, Pt. II.
4 Clause (jj) ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1957 (43 of 1957), s.2.
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