Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 40 of 1992)

Chapter VII : General Provisions

64. Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts

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A magistrate's court shall have jurisdiction—

(a) to impose any penalty mentioned in section 17, even though that penalty may exceed the punitive jurisdiction of a magistrate's court; and
(b) to make any order referred to in section 35(1), even though the amount payable under that order may exceed the civil jurisdiction of a magistrate's court.