Section 3: Procedure for trial of offences.

(1) Offences under this Act shall be triable summarily by the High Court of the State where the offence was committed and the procedure applicable in the case of summary trial of offences before such court shall apply to the same extent for the purposes of trials for offences under this Act.
(2)
Authority to exercise the powers of the Attorney-General of the Federation under section 160 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (which relates to the initiation and conduct of criminal proceedings for offences under an enactment) is hereby, in respect of any offence under this Act committed in a State, conferred on the Attorney-General of that State, but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the Attorney-General of the Federation from exercising any of the powers to which this subsection relates.