Section 114: Criminal jurisdiction of District Courts

114. Criminal jurisdiction of District Courts (1) Subject to subsection (2), every District Court before whom any person is charged with having committed an offence, not being one of the offences mentioned in section 116, shall have power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine the charge and all questions of fact and law arising in the case and to convict the person, and on conviction, to award against him any penalties not exceeding the maximum penalties applicable to the offence of which the person is convicted. (2) A District Court shall not award against any person imprisonment with or without hard labour for more than 5 years, and a fine exceeding 100,000 rupees. [S. 114 replaced by Act 7 of 1986; amended by Act 5 of 1999, s. 2 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]