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Section 65. Jurisdiction of Magistrates.
Act no. 1 of 19171917Repealed 7 June 2022All India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on 7 June 2022 by the Inland Vessels Act, 2021 (24 of 2021), s.114; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
65. Jurisdiction of Magistrates.—Except in the case of an offence against any rule made under section 53, no Magistrate shall try an offence under this Act, or any rule made thereunder, unless he is a Presidency Magistrate, or a Magistrate whose powers are not less than those of a Magistrate of the first class.