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| (1) A District Court shall have jurisdiction and is hereby required to hear, try, and determine in the manner provided for by written law, all prosecutions upon indictment instituted therein against any person in respect of any offence committed wholly or in part within its district. |
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| (2) A District Court may impose any of the following sentences: -
| | (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding live years; | | |
| | (b) fine not exceeding five thousand rupees; | | |
| | | (d) any lawful sentence combining any two of the sentences aforesaid. | | |
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| (3) In every case of a continuing offence in respect of which a District Court may exercise jurisdiction, it shall also have the power and authority to remove or abate the act, matter, or thing complained of. |
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