Section 55: Cognizance and trial of offences.

The Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2009.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 26 of 2013

(1) No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the District Authority, by general or special order.

(2) No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence under this Act.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), offences punishable under this Act and rules made thereunder shall be cognizable.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2009.
Section	55
Marginal note	Cognizance and trial of offences.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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