Jurisdiction of Magistrate’s Court and District Court
82.—(1) A Magistrate’s Court or a District Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine any offence under this Act and, despite anything to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, has power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of an offence under this Act.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) is to be construed to confer any jurisdiction or power on a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court where it is expressly provided in this Act that the General Division of the High Court has such jurisdiction or power.