Persons empowered to prosecute

Persons empowered to prosecute.- Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall be tried for any offence made punishable by this Act or by any rule made under it, unless complaint is made by the Executive Authority, or the Commissioner of the Panchayat Union, or the 1[Secretary] of the District Panchayat, or by any person expressly authorised in this behalf by the Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union Council or District Panchayat respectively, within three months of the commission of such offence. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) in regard to the power of the Police Officer to take cognizance of offences.

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