Cognizance of offences.

¹[(1)No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by—

(a)a Board or any officer authorised in this behalf by it; or

²[(aa)the adjudicating officer or any officer authorised by him in this behalf; or]

(b)any person who has given notice of not less than sixty days, in the manner prescribed, of the alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint to the Board or officer authorised as aforesaid, and 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.

(2)Where a complaint has been made under clause (b) of sub-section (1), the Board shall, on demand by such person, make available the relevant reports in its possession to that person:

Provided that the Board may refuse to make any such report available to such person if the same is, in its opinion, against the public interest.]

Footnotes (from the official text)

¹ Subs. by Act 47 of 1987, s. 21, for section 43 (w.e.f. 1-4-1988).

² Ins. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-2024).