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(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except upon complaint made by order of the [State Government]1 or by the Council with the previous sanction of the [State Government]1. (2) No court inferior to the court of a District Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act. Rules and regulations