State Act

The Telangana Muttah, Jattu, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1976.

17. (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence made punishable by a scheme or of any abetment thereof, except on complaint, in writing, made by an Inspector or by a person specially authorised in this behalf by the Board or Government. (2) Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, an offence made punishable by a scheme or an abetment thereof shall be triable only by a magistrate of the first class.