Section 134 - Court's Authority to Acknowledge Offences
Section 134 outlines the conditions under which courts can acknowledge and proceed with offences under the specified Act. According to this section, a court cannot recognize or begin proceedings for any offence punishable under this Act or its related rules without first obtaining approval from the Commissioner. Furthermore, only courts that are of the status of a Magistrate of the First Class or higher have the authority to try these offences. This means that lower courts do not have the jurisdiction to handle these cases. Essentially, this section ensures that there is a higher level of oversight and that only suitably empowered courts can handle such offences, likely to maintain a standard of legal scrutiny and ensure that cases are handled appropriately.
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134. Cognizance of offences
No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence.
