Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsIn what court offences declared punishable by fine or imprisonment generally may be tried
| 50. Where any crime or offence is declared by any written law to be punishable by such punishment as the court before which a conviction is obtained may impose, or by such fine or imprisonment as the afore-said court may impose, such crime or offence may be tried in any court having criminal jurisdiction which the Attorney-General may elect for the purposes jurisdiction for such purpose being hereby given to such court. However, the accused person shall, in case of conviction, receive no larger amount of fine or longer term of imprisonment than the court by which he is tried is empowered to impose in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction. Such right of electing the court may be exercised by the Attorney-General, even where the prescribed maximum punishment exceeds that which a District Court or Magistrate's Court is empowered to impose. |