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Cognizance of offences (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act or rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Judicial Magistrate 1't Class shall try any such offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 973(2 of 1973) all offences punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be cognizable and bailable.