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(1) No prosecution under this Act shall be institutkl except by, or with the previous sanction of, the Inspector of Factories, West Bengal, and no such prosecution shall be instituted until the expiry of the period of appeal under sub-section (2) or, if such an appeal is preferred, unless the Labour Commissioner, West Bengal, by his order thereon sanctions a prosecution. (2) Where the Inspector of Factories, West Bengal, decides either to institute a prosecution under this Act or to grant sanction thereto, he shall forthwith com- municate his order to the person complained against, who may, within thirty days of the date of the said order, appeal in the prescribed manner to the Labour Commissioner, West Bengal, against such decisioit. The decision of the Labour Commissioner, West Bengal, on such appeal shall be final. (3) No Court inferior to that of a Presidency Magis- trate or of a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence against this Act or any rules made thereunder.