Trial of offences

Trial of offences.

1. (1) Any person subject to this Act who commits any offence mentioned in section 9 or section 10 may be tried by a Magistrate of the first or second class or by a Commandant or any officer empowered to act as such.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any person subject to this Act may be tried by a Court constituted under this Act or by an ordinary criminal court.
3. (3) Where a criminal court and a court constituted under this Act have each jurisdiction in respect of an offence, it shall be in the discretion of the Inspector General or the Deputy Inspector General or the Commandant to decide before which court the proceedings shall be instituted and, if that officer decides that they shall be instituted before a court constituted under this Act, the accused shall be detained in custody and brought before such court.