(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any alleged contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any order made thereunder, except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such contravention, made by a public servant.
(2) Proceedings in respect of a contravention of the provisions of this Act alleged to have been committed by any person may be taken before the appropriate Court having b urisdiction in the place where that person is for the time eing.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Schedule II to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, a contravention of Act v of the provisions of section 10 shall be triable by a Court of 1898.
Session, a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class.
(4) Any Magistrate or bench of Magistrates empowered for the time being to try in a summary way the offences specified in sub-section (1) of section 260 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, may, if such Magistrate or bench of Magistrates thinks fit, on application in this behalf being made by the prosecution, try a contravention of any such The West Bengal Security Act, 1950. 19 XIX of 1950.]
(Chapter VI.—Supplementary and Procedural.— Sections 35-38.)
provisions of this Act or orders made thereunder as the State Government may, by notified order, specify in this behalf in accordance with the provisions contained in sections 262 to 265 of the said Code.