s 9 Enlargement of jurisdiction of State Courts
9.—(1) Where an offence is triable by a District Court but not by a Magistrate’s Court, the Public Prosecutor may in writing authorise a Magistrate’s Court in any particular case to try the offence.[5/2014] (2) Despite section 7(1), a Magistrate’s Court may try any offence —(a) under the Penal Code 1871, if the offence is shown to be triable by a Magistrate’s Court in the seventh column of the First Schedule; or (b) under any law other than the Penal Code 1871, if the offence is shown to be triable by a Magistrate’s Court under that law. (3) Despite section 8(1), a District Court may try any offence other than an offence punishable with death —(a) if that offence (which is one under the Penal Code 1871) is shown to be triable by a District Court in the seventh column of the First Schedule; (b) if that offence (which is one under any law other than the Penal Code 1871) is shown to be triable by a District Court under that law; or (c) if the Public Prosecutor applies to the District Court to try such offence, and the accused consents, or if more than one are charged together with the same offence, all such accused persons consent. (4) Nothing in this section is to be construed as enlarging the power conferred on the Magistrate’s Court or District Court under section 303.