Prior sanction requirement bars cognizance of offences under the Act without prior administrative approval and limits trial to higher magistracy. No court may take cognizance of an offence under the Act or its rules without the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any such offence; the provision requires administrative preapproval before prosecution and confines trial to a minimum magistracy level.
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Prior sanction requirement bars cognizance of offences under the Act without prior administrative approval and limits trial to higher magistracy.
No court may take cognizance of an offence under the Act or its rules without the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any such offence; the provision requires administrative preapproval before prosecution and confines trial to a minimum magistracy level.
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