Certificate of registration

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Supervisory Authority shall, on receipt of an application for registration, register the applicant in respect of the semen bank named in the application and issue to him a certificate of registration in the prescribed form: Provided that the Supervisory Authority may refuse to register the applicant if it is satisfied— (a) that the applicant or any person employed by him at the semen bank, is not a fit person to carry on or to be employed at the semen bank named in the application; or (b) that it does not have the qualified staff or equipment to carry out the prescribed tests of the donor/recipient or to store the semen; or (c) that for reasons connected with the situation, the construction, state or equipment of the semen bank or any premises used in connection therewith, is or are not fit to be used for semen bank or such description as the semen bank mentioned in application or that the semen bank or premises is or are used or to be used for purposes which are, in any way, improper, or undesirable in the case of such semen bank. (1) No court other than the court of Metropolitan Magistrate shall take cognizance of, and try an offence under this Act. (2) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint in writing of the Supervisory Authority or any Officer authorised by it, in writing, in this behalf. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), offences under this Act shall be non-cognizable and bailable.