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N otwithsta-nding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, all aff ences under ·this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magis- trate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the appropriate Govern- ment and the provisions of Sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, appl'y to such trial: Provided that in a case of conviction for any offence in a summary trial under this seotion, it shall be lawful for the Magis- trate to pass a sentence of imprisonment for any term for which such offence is punishable under this Act. 2 of 1974, Act to ever-