379. Procedure in cases mentioned in section 215.

(1) When any offence referred to in section 215 has been committed in or in relation to any proceeding in any Court, that Court may take cognizance of the offence and try the offender, in any case in which such offender is not liable to punishment exceeding imprisonment for a term of two years, or fine, or both, in accordance with the procedure for summary trials.

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in this Sanhita to the contrary.