(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act and the rules made thereunder unless a complaint in respect thereof is made by the Inspector within three months from the date on which the alleged commission of the offence comes to the knowledge of the Inspector:
Provided that, where the offence consists of disobeying a written order made by the Inspector, complaint thereof may be made within six months from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
(2) The court of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained In Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class 2 of 1974.
may impose fine and penalties prescribed under this Act.