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Section 32: Cognizance of offences.

The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017State Act of Maharashtra · Act 61 of 2017

(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 Facilitator within three months of the date on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of the Facilitator:

Provided that, where the offence consists of disobeying a written order made by a Facilitator, complaint thereof may be made within six months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

(2) 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 or the rules made thereunder.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017
Section32
Marginal noteCognizance of offences.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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