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Section 12

Cognizance of Offence

No Magistrate shall take congnizance of an offence punishable under Section 10, except :

(a) upon a report in writing of the facts constituting such offence made by an officer-in-charge of the police station; or

(b) upon information received from any person other than an officer-in-charge of the police station or upon his own knowledge of suspicion, that such offence has been committed