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No offence punishable under this Act shall be inquired into or tried by any Court inferior to that of 6[XXX] a Magistrate of the first or second class. 5[8. Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, any offence punishable under this Act shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code.] * * *