Section VII. All persons charged with the commission of any of the offences specified in Acts XXI. of 1839 and 11

VII. All persons charged with the commission of any of the offences specified in Acts XXI. of 1839 and 111. of 1842, may Extension of Acts SXI. of 1839 and III. of 1842, be tried by any Justice of the Peace for the said Town, to cases in which pro erty B stolen does not excee fifty provided the value of the property which the prisoner rupees in value. is charged with hqving stolen does not, accorcling to the belief of such Justice, exceed fifty rupees, anything in the 'said Acts to the contrary notwithstanding ; and all the powers by Act XXI. of 1839 (except Section VPII. aforesaid,) and Act 111. of 1842, given or reserved to any such Justice for the trial, conviction, and sentence of parties charged with having stolen property not exceeding twenty rupees in value, and all the provisions of the said Acts (except as aforesaid) shall extend and be applicable to the trial, conviction, and sentence of parties charged with having stolen property, not exceeding, according to the belief of *he Justice, fifty rupees in value. 1