Cognizance of offences

Cognizance of offences. -(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence made punishable by or under this Act or any scheme or of the abetment of any such offence, except on a complaint in writing made by the Board or by an Inspector or by a person authorized in this behalf by the Board or the State Government.

1. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an offence made punishable by or under this Act or any scheme shall be tried by a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.