section 44
Cognizance of offences
The Odisha Electricity Reform Act, 1995Infrastructure199559 sections14 chapters
Chapter XII Chapter XII
Statutory text
- (1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in writing made by an officer of the Commission generally or specially authorised in this behalf by the Commission, and no Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any such offence.
- (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a Magistrate may, if he sees reason so to do, dispense with the personal attendance of the officer of the Commission filing the complaint.
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