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Offences under the Act to be cognizable.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, (5 of 1898) an offence under this Act shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code. (2) No Court below that of the Magistrate of the First Class shall try an offence under this Act.