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(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any alleged ance of contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any order contra- d h ] ventions ma e t ereun er, except on a report in writing of the facts of tho constituting such contravention, made by a public servant. 2]";;; . (2) Proceedings i respect ot a contravention o± • or orders provisions of this Act alleged to have been committed by made any person may be taken before the appropriate Court there- having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the under. time being. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Schedule II to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, a contravention Act V•of of the provisions of section 6, shall be triable a Court of 1898. Session, a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class. (4) Any magistrate or bench of magistrates empowered for the time being to try in a summary way the offence specified in sub-section (1) of section 260 of the Code of, Criminal Procedure, 1898, may if such magistrate or bench of magistrates thinks fit, on application in this behalf being made by the prosecution, try a contravention of any such provisions of this Act or orders made thereunder as th Provincial Government may by notified order, specify in . this behalf, in accordance with the provisions contained in sections 262 to 265 of the said Code.