Saving of certain laws

(1) Nothing in this Act or the Code shall affectlaws. (a) the liability, trial or punishment of a person under any law in force in Belize for treason, misprision of treason or piracy, wherever committed, and the law, practice and procedure upon the trial of any such offence shall be such as is for the time being in force in Belize; (b) the liability, trial or punishment of a person for a crime or offence against any statute other than the Code; (c) the liability of a person to be tried or punished for a crime or offence under any Act relating to the jurisdiction of the court in respect of acts done beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the court; 16 (d) the power of the court, subject to the provisions of any Act, to punish a person for contempt of such (e) any lawful power of the Governor-General, to grant a pardon, or to remit, or commute in whole or in part, or to respite, the execution of any sentence passed or to be passed; (f) any of the laws, regulations or articles for the government of the Belize Defence Force. (2) Where any Act or other law declares an act or omission to be a felony, misdemeanour or other offence, or prohibits a matter of public grievance or enjoins a matter of public convenience, all acts or omissions contrary to any such Act or other law or to any such prohibition or enjoinment shall, without prejudice to any enactment making provision for the trial and punishment of any specific crime or offence, be a misdemeanour punishable on indictment, with imprisonment for two years, unless such trial and punishment are manifestly excluded by any statute.