Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act : COGNIZANCE AND TRIAL OF OFFENCES

Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act,1981

Act No : 42

Section : COGNIZANCE AND TRIAL OF OFFENCES

SECTION 19: COGNIZANCE AND TRIAL OF OFFENCES

(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such offence made by an authorised officer.

(2) No Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this Act.