Section Section 109
f the Merchant Shipping Act; 1958 (44 of 1958); and section 21 of the Motor Tran
section 109 f the Merchant Shipping Act; 1958 (44 of 1958); and section 21 of the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961). 16. Procedure relating to offences. 1) Any person, police officer or Inspector may file a complaint of the commission of an offence under this Act in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Every certificate as to the age of a child which has been granted by a prescribed medical authority shall, for the purposes of this Act; be conclusive evidence as to the age of the child to whom it relates. (3) No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate o a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this Act. 17. Appointment of Inspectors. The appropriate Government may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of securing compliance with the provisions of this Act and any Inspector so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). I[I7A. District Magistrate to implement the provisions. The appropriate Government may confer such powers and impose such duties o a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may specify the officer; subordinate to him; who shall exercise all o any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, so conferred or imposed and the local limits within which such powers or duties shall be carried out by the officer as may be prescribed. STATE AMENDMENT Gujarat Amendment of
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