State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

427. Cognizance of offences.— (1) 8[(a)] Offences for the contravention of sections 60, 61 and 325 shall be cognizable. 1[(b) Offences under section 397A shall be cognizable and bailable.] (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the 2Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), all offences against the Act, or against any rule, regulation or bye-law whether committed within or without the City, shall be cognizable by a Magistrate of the First Class having jurisdiction in the City and no such Magistrate shall be deemed to be incapable of taking cognizance of any such offence or of any offence against any enactment hereby repealed, by reason only of his being liable to pay any municipal tax or of his being benefited by the Municipal Fund. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 200 of the said Code, it shall not be necessary in respect of any offence against this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder, to examine the complainant when the complaint is presented in writing.