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164 :“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 110;
 * “state of mind” of a person includes—
 * (a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
 * (b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

(7) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any offence in Division 3 or 4 of Part 3.

Arrestable and non-bailable offences

112.—(1) Every offence as follows is arrestable and is non-bailable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010:
 * (a) an offence in Part 2 or 3;
 * (b) an abetment, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) Every offence as follows is arrestable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010:
 * (a) an offence in Part 5, 6 or 7;
 * (b) an abetment, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).

Jurisdiction of courts

113. Despite the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full punishment for any such offence.

Composition of offences

114.—(1) The competent authority may compound any offence under this Act or the Regulations prescribed as being a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following: