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

The [Provincial Government] may [, on the recommendation of the High Court,] 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: (a) offences against the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), sections 277, 278, 279, 285, 286, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, [337A (i), 337L (2), 337H (2)], 341, 352, 426, [447 and 504] ; (b) 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 [with or without fine] ; (c) abetment of any of the foregoing offences ; (d) an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence.

Effective date: 1898-07-01

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