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(1)The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the trial of offences under this Act—
(a)all offences shall be tried in a summary manner ;
(b)all offences other than those referred to in paragraph (c) below may be tried in the sheriff court or in the district court;
(c)the following offences shall be tried only in the sheriff court, that is to say, any offence under section 2, 7(3), 19(1) or section 36(3) of this Act.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act which, if it had been triable on indictment, could competently have been libelled as an additional or alternative charge in the indictment, may be so libelled and may be tried accordingly.
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