Section 17. The criminal jurisdiction under this Act shall, in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, be exer

17. The criminal jurisdiction under this Act shall, in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, be exercised by a Presidency Magistrate, and elsewhere by a Magistrate of the first class or (where specially empowered by the Local Government to try cases under this Act) a Magistrate of the second class. Miscellaneous. Penalty for keeping, transporting, selling or exposing for sale petroleum in contravention of section 6. Penalty for refusing to comply with section 10. Confiscation of petroleum. Jurisdiction. 80 Petroleum. [ACT VIII Miscellaneous. Rules when to have force of law.