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If any person after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under sections 53, 54, 55 or 61 or under the similar provisions in any enactment repealed by this Act, subsequently commits and is convicted of an offence punishable under any of those section, he shall be liable to twice the punishment which might be imposed on a first conviction under this A ct: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any offence which might otherwise have been tried summarily under Chapter XXI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from being so tried. Central Act 2 of