Tamil Nadu Payment of Subsistence Allowance ActState Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 43 of 1981
(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, except upon a complaint in writing made by an officer generally or specially authorised in this behalf by the Government.
(2) No Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable by or under this Act.