The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
26. Power of court to
try cases summarily. -
Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, all offences under
this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the first
class or by a Metropolitan Magistrate and the provisions of sections 262 to 265
(both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial:
Provided that when 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 the case 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.