Section 261Power to invest Bench of Magistrates invested with less power

s. 261

261. Power to invest Bench of Magistrates invested with less power The Government may confer on any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second or third class power to try summarily all or any of the following offences:- (a) offences against the Penal Code, sections 277, 278, 279, 285, 286, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 323, 334, 336, 341, 352, 426, 447 and 504; (b) offences against Municipal Acts, and the conservancy clauses of Police Acts which are punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month with or without fine; (c) abatement of any of the foregoing offences; (d) an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence.