Cognizance of offences.

(1) No court inferior to that of a magistrate first class shall try any offence under this Act. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), every offence under this Act shall for the purposes of the said Code be deemed to be non-cognizable. (3) No prosecution under this Act shall be instituted without the previous sanction of the Registrar and without a complaint in writing made by him or by any person authorised by him in this behalf.