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No court inferior to that of a [Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall try any offence under this Act or any rule or regulation thereunder. Substituted by Act 12 of 1983, Section 17 and Sch., for "Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class" (w.e.f. 18/05/1983).