Section 9

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force, a Magistrate of the First Class shall have jurisdiction to try any offence against this Ordinance and to award any punishment specified or prescribed therefor.

At the conclusion of any trial in respect of an alleged offence against this

Ordinance, when such trial results in a conviction, the court may make an order for the return to its owner, if known, or for the forfeiture or confiscation of any money or other property produced before it or in its custody or the custody of the police or of any public servant which,

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in the opinion of the court, was obtained by or in consequence of the commission of an offence against this Ordinance.

Exemption.