Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1 ) No Court inferior to that of a 1 [Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall try any offence punishable under section 17A. ( 2 ) No prosecution for such offence shall be instituted, except by an Inspector with the previous sanction of the Welfare Commissioner. ( 3 ) No Court shall take cognizance of such offence, unless complaint thereof is made within six months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.]