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(1)- All offences under this, Act shall be cognizable and bailable. (2)- All offences punishable under this Act shall be tried summarily by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate and the provisions of section 262 to 265 both inclusive of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall mutatis mutandis apply to such trial.