No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except on complaint in writing made by, or with the previous sanction of, the Collector.

Power of State Government to exempt Power of State Government to exempt.

1. (1) If the State Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any vacant land or any class of vacant lands from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions as it may deem fit to impose.
2. (2) The State Government may, at any time, by a like notification, withdraw any exemption granted under sub-section (1), and upon such withdrawal, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the land in respect of which the exemption was granted.