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