(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under
this Act or the rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Government within the
local limits of whose jurisdiction the offence has been committed or of such officer of that Government as
it may, by general or special order, specify in this behalf; and no court inferior to that of a presidency
magistrate or a magistrate of the first class shall try and such offence.
(2) All offences punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and bailable.
(2) All offences punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and bailable.