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(1) No Court shall take cognizance— (a) (i) of any offence punishable under sections 206 to 223 (both inclusive but excluding section 209) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; or (ii) of any abetment of, or attempt to commit, such offence; or (iii) of any criminal conspiracy to commit such offence, except on the complaint in writing of the public servant concerned or of some other public servant to whom he is administratively subordinate or of some other public servant who is authorised by the concerned public servant so to do; (b) (i) of any offence punishable under any of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, namely, sections 229 to 233 (both inclusive), 236, 237, 242 to 248 (both inclusive) and 267, when such offence is alleged to have been committed in, or in relation to, any proceeding in any Court; or (ii) of any offence described in sub-section (1) of section 336, or punishable under sub-section (2) of section 340 or section 342 of the said Sanhita, when such offence is alleged to have been committed in respect of a document produced or given in evidence in a proceeding in any Court; or (iii) of any criminal conspiracy to commit, or attempt to commit, or the abetment of, any offence specified in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii), except on the complaint in writing of that Court or by such officer of the Court as that Court may authorise in writing in this behalf, or of some other Court to which that Court is subordinate. Transfer on application of accused. Making over of cases to Magistrates. Cognizance of offences by Court of Session. Additional Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them. Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence. 68 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II— ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 68 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II- ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯖꯔꯛꯄꯗꯃꯐꯝ ꯍꯣꯡꯗꯣꯛꯄ꯫ ꯀꯦꯁꯁꯤꯡꯑꯗꯨ ꯃꯦꯖꯤꯁꯇ꯭ꯔꯦꯠꯁꯤꯡ ꯗꯄꯤꯊꯣꯛꯄꯤꯕ꯫ ꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯑꯣꯐ ꯁꯦꯁꯟꯅꯃꯔꯥꯜ ꯂꯩꯕꯁꯤꯡꯈꯪꯗꯣꯛꯄ꯫ ꯑꯦꯗꯤꯁꯅꯦꯜ ꯁꯦꯁꯟ꯭ꯁꯖꯖꯁꯤꯡꯅ ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯗꯄꯤꯈꯤꯕ ꯀꯦꯁꯁꯤꯡꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜ ꯇꯧꯅꯕ꯫ ꯄꯕ꯭ꯂꯤꯛ ꯁꯔꯕ꯭ꯔꯦꯟꯠꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯑꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯊꯧꯗꯥꯡꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯣꯟꯅꯕꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛꯇ, ꯄꯕ꯭ꯂꯤꯛ ꯖꯁ ꯭ ꯇꯤꯁꯀꯤ ꯃꯥꯌꯣꯛꯇꯂꯩꯕ ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛ ꯇꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯄ ꯭ ꯔꯃꯥꯟꯗꯄꯤꯔꯤꯕ ꯗꯣꯀꯨꯃꯦꯟꯁꯤꯡꯒ ꯃꯔꯤꯂꯩꯅꯕ ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛ ꯇꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯆꯠꯊꯕ꯫