Limitation of time within which complaints of offences punishable under this Act shall be entertained

No person shall be liable to punishment for any offence made punishable by this Act, unless complaint of such offence is made before a Magistrate within the time hereinafter fixed in that behalf, namely —

1. (a) if the offence be against the provisions of section 213, within six months next after the commission of such offence;
2. (b) if the offence be against the provisions of sections 299, 313, 337, 352 (1), 353 (5), 354 (3), (a), (b), 363, 366, 371 (1), (2), or 516 or any bye-laws made under section 586, within three months next after the commission or discovery of such offence;
3. (c) if the offence be against any other provision of this Act, within three months next after the commission of such offence.