Summary trial.- All offences under this Act shall be triable by

Nayaya Panchayat, and if there is no Nayaya Panchayat having jurisdiction in the area by a Magistrate of the second or third class, and the State Government may confer powers to try summarily an offence or offences under this Act on any officer or class of Officers invested with such powers.

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² Substituted for the words “District Board” A.O., 1973.

1. The word “Zialdar” omitted by A.O., 1973.