State Act
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Section 132. Cognizance of offences
THE MAHE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1968
Act no. 1 of 19681968In forcePuducherry (State Act)
132. (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, except on complaint in writing made by an officer authorised by the Government in this behalf. *[Provided that an offence under section 125 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), be cognizable]. (2) No court inferior to that of *[a judicial magistrate of the first class] shall try any offence punishable under this Act.