(1) No court other than the court of a Magistrate of the first class shall take cognizance of, or try an offence under this Act.
(2) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complain t in writing of an officer empowered by rules made in this behalf.
PART III Power of the State Government to enforce the provisions of part III
49. The [State Government] 1 may at any time after the expiry of one year from the date on which Parts I and II come into force, by notification published in the official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Part or any portion thereof to the whole or any part of the [State] 2 from such date as is notified therein :
Provided that the [State Government]1 shall give wide publicity to the notification in such other manner also as it deems proper.
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