Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no person shall be tried for any offence against this Act or any rule or bye- law made thereunder unless complaint is made within one year of the commission of the offence by the police, the Secretary or a person expressly authorised by the Panchayat in this behalf, but nothing herein shall affect the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) in regard to the power of certain Magistrates to take cognizance of offences upon information received or upon their own knowledge or suspicion: Provided that failure to take out a licence or obtain permission under this Act shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be a continuing offence until the expiration of the period, if any, for which the licence or permission is required. (2) Every person other than the Secretary making a complaint shall immediately report the fact to the Secretary.