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Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898),- (a) every offence under this Act shall be cognizable; and (b) every such offence, 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.