Exclusion of proceedings under the common law of England

Where any act is declared by the Code or other statute to be a crime, or an offence punishable on summary conviction, no proceedings to punish any person in respect of any such act shall be taken under the common law of England, but the offender shall be punishable only under the Code or other statute, Provided that where the crime or offence is constituted by the Code or other statute in terms identical with or similar to those in which the crime or offence is described according to the common law of England, the crime or offence so constituted shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the common law of