(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or any rule or regulation made of scheme sanctioned thereunder unless a complaint of such offence is made by the Chairman within six months, next after the commission thereof.
(2) No court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
Duty of police officers
104. It shall be the duty of every police officer –
(a) to co-operate with the Chairman for carrying into effect and enforcing the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation made or scheme sanctioned thereunder;
(b) to communicate without delay to the proper officer or servant of the Board any information which he receives of a design to commit or of the commission of any offence punishable under this Act; and
(c) to assist the Chairman or any officer or servant of the Board reasonably demanding his aid for the lawful exercise of any power vesting in the Chairman or in such officer or servant under this Act or any rule or regulation made or scheme sanctioned thereunder.
Arrest of offenders