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( 1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences punishable under this Act or rules made thereunder shall be cognizable and bailable. ( 2 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate, First Class may, impose on any person found guilty of an offence under sections 71, 72 or 74, a punishment as provided in relevant sections. ( 3 ) If any prosecution for an offence under this Act has been instituted in respect of the same facts on which a penalty has been imposed by the Commissioner under section 29 or 61, then if the offence is compounded under section 78 or, in any other case, on conviction as a result of the final proceedings, the Commissioner shall refund to the dealer the amount of penalty paid by him.