No Court inferior to that of a 1[Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] 2***, shall try, whether under this Act or under any other law, any act or omission which constitutes an offence under this Act.
1 Subs. by s. 11, ibid., for certain words.
2. The words and letter "or in a Part B State, Magistrate corresponding to magistrate of second class" omitted by Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956