Section 34:
Cognizance of offences.
(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under
this Act or of the abetment of any such offence, save on complaint made by or under the authority of the
appropriate Government.
(2) No Court inferior to that of 1[a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class],
shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 20, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 21-8-1984).