Malaysia legislation
Section 249
Section 249
(a)
if under those Acts the offence is triable summarily, it shall be triable by any Magistrate;
(b)
if the offence is declared by those Acts to be a misdemeanour, it shall be triable by any Magistrate of the First Class.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, any provision of those Acts empowering a Court to impose a sentence of penal servitude, or of imprisonment with hard labour, or of simple imprisonment, shall be construed as a provision empowering such Court to impose a sentence of imprisonment.
(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 280, such of the provisions of Part XIII of the Principal Act as are applicable shall, subject to subsections (1) and (2) continue to apply to legal proceedings brought in North Borneo under or by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Acts.