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Section 5. Jurisdiction to try offences.
THE KARNATAKA PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF INHUMAN EVIL PRACTICES AND BLACK MAGIC ACT, 2017
Act no. 46 of 20172017In forceKarnataka (State Act)
5. Jurisdiction to try offences.- No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or judicial Magistrate of a First Class shall try any offence punishable under sub-section (2) of section 3 but the offences punishable under this Act referred to in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 shall be triable only by the court of session and the procedure under the code for trial of such cases shall mutatis mutandis apply.