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Section 35. Cognizance of offences.
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
Act no. 27 of 19611961Repealed 21 November 2025All India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
35. Cognizance of offences.--No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act unless the complaint made by, or with previous sanction in writing of, the inspector and no court inferior to that of a Presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.