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Enhanced punishment after previous conviction.- If any person after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under 1[xxx]1 section 38 or under the corresponding provisions of any enactment repealed by this Act, subsequently commits and is convicted of an offence punishable under 2[the said section]2, he shall be liable to twice the punishment which might be imposed on a first conviction under this Act: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any offence which might otherwise have been tried summarily under 3[Chapter XXI of the Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973]3, from being so tried.