Section 26 in The Jammu and Kashmir Collection of Statistics Act, 2010
26. Power of court to try cases summarily.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989, all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class and the provisions of Chapter XXII of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial:Provided that when in the course of, a summary trial under this section it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it is, for any reason, undesirable to try the case summarily, the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties, record an order to that effect and thereafter recall any witness who may have been examined and proceed to hear or rehear the case in the manner provided by the said Code.
