Amendment of section 3

Amendment of section 3.—The existing section 3 of the principal Act, shall be re-numbered as sub-section

1. (1) of section 3 and after that sub-section so numbered, the following sub-section
2. (2) shall be added, namely:— "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (2 of 1974) any Magistrate trying an offence under sub-section (1), may, if he thinks fit, try any such offence summarily according to the procedure prescribed in chapter XXI of the said Code."