Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act : COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES Indian Bare Acts :

Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act,1948

Act No : 9

Section : COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES

SECTION 07: COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES

(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence made punishable by a scheme or of any abetment thereof, except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such offence or abetment made by an Inspector or by a person specially authorized in this behalf by the Government.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, an offence made punishable by a scheme or an abetment thereof shall be triable only by a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class.