Section 9. Offences to be tried summarily

9. Offences to be tried summarily. — Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the[1] [State Government] and the provisions of Sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial: Provided that in a case of conviction for any offence in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to pass a sentence of imprisonment for any term for which such offence is punishable under this Act.