State Act
Section 514. Limitation of time within which complaints of offences punishable under this Act shall be entertained.
The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
21[514. Limitation of time within which complaints of offences punishable under this Act shall be entertained.— No person shall be liable to punishment for any offence made punishable by this Act, unless complaint of such offence is made before a Presidency Magistrate within the time hereinafter prescribed in that behalf, namely:— (a) if the offence be against the provisions of section 155, within six months next after the commission of such offence; (b) if the offence be against the provisions of section 1[223, 229A, 240, 258], 272(1), 2[272(5), 274A], 281, 284, 3[287-B (1), 287-B(2),] 4[*] or 390 5[or any by-laws framed under section 461 (b)] within three months next after the commission or discovery of such offence; (c) if the offence be against any other provision of this Act, within three months next after the commission of such offence.]