Section 15: Cognizance of offences

The Tamil Nadu Scrap Merchants and Dealers in Second-hand Property and Owners of Automobile Workshops and Tinker Shops (Regulation, Control…State Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 1 of 1986

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), any offence punishable under section 10 shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code :

Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in that Code, no police officer below the rank of a Sub-Inspector shall investigate any offence punishable under section 10 or shall make an arrest.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Tamil Nadu Scrap Merchants and Dealers in Second-hand Property and Owners of Automobile Workshops and Tinker Shops (Regulation, Control and Licensing) Act, 1985.
Section	15
Marginal note	Cognizance of offences
Jurisdiction	State of Tamil Nadu
Status	In force as published by the source

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