Power of court to try cases summarily.- All offences under this

Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Chief Judicial Magistrate or by any other Judicial Magistrate of the First Class specially authorized by the High Court and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) shall, as far as may be, apply to such a trial:

¹ Substituted for the word “imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with

² Substituted for the word “fine not exceeding five thousand rupees” vide H.P. Act No. 2 of

fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or with both” vide H.P. Act No. 2 of 2024. 2024.

3 Substituted for the Word “imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine not

exceeding one thousand rupees or with both” vide H.P. Act No. 2 of 2024.

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Provided that when at the commencement of or in the course of a summary trial under this section, it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it is for any reason, undesirable to try summarily, the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties record an order to that effect and thereafter recall any witness who may have been examined and proceed to hear or rehear the case in the manner provided by the said Code.