LawgistThe Indian Ports Act
61Conviction to be quashed oil merits only
(1) No conviction, order or judgment of any Magistrate under this Act shall be quashed for error of form or procedure, but only on the merits, and it shall not be necessary to state, on the face of the conviction, order or judgment, the evidence on which it proceeds.
(2) If no jurisdiction appears on the face of the conviction, order or judgment, but the depositions taken supply that defect, the conviction, order or judgment shall be aided by what so appears in the depositions.
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PROVISIONSWITHRESPECTTO PENALTIES
- 54 Penalty for disobedience to rules and orders of the Government
- 55 Offences how triable, and penalties how recovered
- 56 Costs of conviction
- 57 Ascertainment and recovery of expenses and damages payable under this Act
- 58 Costs of distress
- 59 Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute
- 60 Jurisdiction over offences beyond local limits of jurisdiction
- 61 Conviction to be quashed oil merits only
