Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Cognizance of offence:- (1) No court inferior to that of a ‘Judicial Magistrate] of the first class shall try any offence under this Act. (2) No prosecution shall be instituted under this Act (1) Subsituted by Punjab Act No. 25 of 1994 for the word "Magistrate" KA without the previous sanction of the Registrar and such sanction shall not be given without giving to the person concerned a reasonable opportunity to represent his case. SECTION -73