Cognizance of offences.

No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under the Act except upon a complaint in writing made by the Government or any of its officers or the Authority, as the case may be, for this purpose : Provided that the court may also take cognizance of an offence punishable under the Act upon a report of a police officer filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989.