Application of the Act

(1) Unless the contrary is expressly provided by any statute relating thereto, the provisions of this Act shall extend and apply to all proceedings which may be taken before or after the commencement of this Act in respect of summary conviction offences, whether those offences are constituted before, or at the time of, or after, the commencement of this Act. (2) Every offence created by any Act or other law with respect to which it is directed that the offender shall be liable on conviction summarily, or on summary conviction, or under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to any punishment or penalty, shall be a summary conviction offence within the meaning of this section.