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Cognizance of Offences.- (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, save on a complaint made by or under the authority of the appropriate Government. (2) No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under this Act. 1[18. XXX]1