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All offences under the Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) shall, as far as may be, apply to such trials. Compounding of offences