Section 25: Jurisdiction

(1) Offences punishable under this Act shall be triable in the Presidency-towns, by a Presidency Magistrate, and elsewhere by a Magistrate of the first class, or by a Magistrate of the second class who has been specially empowered by the [Central Government] in this behalf.

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