Section 116: Matters excluded from summary jurisdiction

116. Matters excluded from summary jurisdiction A District Magistrate shall have no jurisdiction to convict, but shall proceed to hold a preliminary inquiry and, if necessary, to commit for trial in accordance with the law relating to preliminary inquiries and commitment for trial if an accused is charged with any of the following offences— (a) offences under sections 50 to 79, 82, 83, 86, 88 to 91, 100 (1), 101, 102, 104, 122 to 124, 215 to 223, 228 (3) and (4), 234, 235, 236 (1) and (2), 239 (1), 249 (1) and (4), 251, 257, 259, 276 to 281 (where the offence is committed before the Supreme Court), 283, 284, 291, 346 and 347 of the Criminal Code; (b) attempts at or complicity in offences excepted from the jurisdiction of the Magistrate; (c) offences which, under any other enactment, are punishable by death or penal servitude for life, or are excluded from the jurisdiction of the Magistrate.