Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Prosecution for certain offences against the Act to be in the discretion of the police.—It will not except in obedience to a rule or order made by the Government or by the competent authority, be incumbent on the Police to prosecute for an offence punishable under sections 92, 93, 103, 106, 110, 111 or 117 when such offence has not occasioned serious mischief and has been promptly desisted from on warning given.