Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable by or under this Act unless a complaint thereof is made within one year of [the date of which the offence come to the notice of the Inspector] [provided that no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable by or under this Act after the expiry of three years from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.] Substituted by Act 1 of 1987 Inserted by Act 1 of 1987