Section 142(b) of ni act.

pushpakrishna (Querist) 28 June 2013 This query is : Resolved
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What is section 142(b) of Negotiable Instruments Act.kindly give the details.Thanq

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malipeddi jaggarao (Expert) 29 June 2013
academic query. Search the website for Negotiable instruments Act. You yourself can find the section.

Nadeem Qureshi (Expert) 29 June 2013
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Section 142 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
142. Cognizance of offences. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974 ),-
(a) no court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under section 138 except upon a complaint, in writing, made by the payee or, as the case may be, the holder in due course of the cheque;
(b) such complaint is made within one month of the date on which the cause of action arises under clause (c) of the proviso to section 138;
(c) no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under section 138.]