Certain crimes declared summary conviction offences and limitation of jurisdiction

(1) The crimes created by the several sections of the Criminal Code , Cap. 101, mentioned in the Second Schedule shall be also summary conviction offences and, subject to this section, shall be punishable accordingly without the consent of the person charged. Second Schedule. (2) If, at any stage of the proceedings, the magistrate forms the opinion that the offence complained of is a fit subject for prosecution on indictment, he shall abstain from adjudication thereupon, and deal with the case in all respects as if it were a complaint or information for a crime given to a magistrate under section 21 of the Indictable Procedure Act, Cap. 96. 53 (3) Where money or property is involved in the commission of a crime which is made a summary conviction offence by this section, the jurisdiction of a summary jurisdiction court to hear and determine that offence is limited to cases in which the amount of the money or the value of the property in respect of which the offence is committed does not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Second Schedule. (4) Subject to section 80 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, Cap. 99, every person who is convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction of an offence created by any section of the Criminal Code, Cap. 101, mentioned in the Second Schedule shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, Provided that where a person is convicted of the crime of theft in circumstances which show that theft was committed from the person of the victim, the punishment for the first such offence shall not be less than a fine of one thousand dollars, and the punishment for the second or subsequent such offence shall not be less than imprisonment for one year, Provided further that where a person is convicted of the crime of aggravated assault in circumstances which show that assault was committed with intent to rob, the punishment for the first such offence shall not be less than a fine of one thousand dollars, and the punishment for the second or subsequent such offence shall not be less than imprisonment for one year.