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Offences under-the Act to be cognisable and·'compounda~le.-Notwith stomding anything contained in the Code of Crimmal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898),- (a) every offence under this Act shall be cognisable ; and (b) every such offen~e, except where it is committed by a person who has been convicted for the same offence previously, may, with the permission of the court, be compounded. I 0. Saving:;-Nothing _in this· Act shall apply to any matter which is an offence under the Untouchability .(Offences) 'Act, 1955 (22 of 1955). . ' . II. Repeal.-The Madras Temple Entry Authorisation Act, 1947 (Madras Act V of 1947), as in force 111 the Malabar Dtstnct referred to in sub-section (2) of sectiOn 5 of the States Reorgam~ation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and such of the provisions of the Travancore-Cochin Temple Entry (Removal of Dt~abilities) ·Act, 1950 (Travancore-Cochm Act XXVII of 1950), as have not been repealed by the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 (22 of 1955), are hereby repealed. \