Section 7
Cognizance of offences.
The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948
About this Act
An Act to provide for regulating the employment of dock workers.
(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 authorised in this behalf by the Government.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure 18981 (5 of 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.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure 18981 (5 of 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.
Notes
1. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).