THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898 OF SUMMARY TRIALS

260.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,-

(a) the Metropolitan Magistrate

(b)  any ***] Magistrate] of the first class, and

(c) any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class

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  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  ten thousand taka];

(e) dishonest misappropriation of property under section 403 of the same Code, where the value of the property misappropriated does not exceed  ten thousand taka];

(f) receiving or retaining stolen property under section 411 of the same Code, where the value of such property does not exceed  ten thousand 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  ten thousand taka];

(h) mischief, under  sections 426 and 427] of the same Code; 
(i)  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,  and offences under sections 509 and 510] of the same Code;

 (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  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).]