22. COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES BY COURTS.
1 COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES BY COURTS.(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or any regulations or bye-laws made thereunder, save on a complaint made by the Board.
(2) No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
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1. Subs. by Act 1 of 2005, sec. 19, for section 22 (w.r.e.f. 12-10-2004).