Complaint requirement for cheque dishonour: written complaint by payee within prescribed time; jurisdiction tied to bank branch courts. Cognizance of cheque-dishonour offences is limited to a written complaint by the payee or holder in due course filed within the prescribed limitation period, subject to court discretion if sufficient cause for delay is shown. Only a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class may try the offence. Trial is confined to courts within the local jurisdiction linked to the relevant bank branch: the branch where the payee maintains an account for collection deliveries, or the drawee branch where the drawer maintains an account for presentations.