Section 31: Jurisdiction over offences against Federal Laws.

(1) Where jurisdiction is conferred by any Law upon a High Court or a magistrate's court established for a State with respect to-
(a) the summary trial and conviction; or
(b) the examination and commitment for trial on indictment; or
(c) the trial and conviction on indictment,
of offenders or persons charged with offences against the Laws of the State and with respect to the hearing and determination of appeals arising out of any such trial or conviction or out of any proceedings connected therewith, such court shall, except in so far as other provision is made by law in force in the State, have the like jurisdiction with respect to offenders or persons charged with offences against a Federal law committed in the State or who may lawfully be tried for offences committed elsewhere.
(2)
In this section "Federal Law" means any law enacted by the National Assembly, or having effect as if so enacted by the National Assembly, or having effect as if so enacted, which relates to a matter within the exclusive legislative competence of the Federal legislature.
[L.N 47 of 1955]