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In forceAmended1985 Revised Edition

331. Court for trial of offences

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 1973.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any offence under this Act or the Merchant Shipping Acts may be tried by a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court and such Court shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68] and any other written law, have jurisdiction to impose the maximum penalty provided for by this Act and the Merchant Shipping Acts.[366

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