(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or any rule or regulation or order made thereunder except upon a complaint in writing of the facts constituting such offence made by the Authority, or by a person expressly authorised in this behalf by the Authority:
Provided that any person, whose right t o enjoyment of his own property is adversely affected by any unauthorised development as indicated in sub-section (1) of section 31, may also file a complaint in the like manner against such person or persons who may have undertaken the said unauthorised development:
Provided further that the Authority shall also be given due notice of such proceedings and if the Authority removes the cause for action within a reasonable period, the proceedings in the Court shall abate, without prejudice to any other action or proceedings that the Authority has initiated or may initiate thereafter.
(2) No court inferior to that of a Chief Judicial Magistrate shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
Provided that any person, whose right t o enjoyment of his own property is adversely affected by any unauthorised development as indicated in sub-section (1) of section 31, may also file a complaint in the like manner against such person or persons who may have undertaken the said unauthorised development:
Provided further that the Authority shall also be given due notice of such proceedings and if the Authority removes the cause for action within a reasonable period, the proceedings in the Court shall abate, without prejudice to any other action or proceedings that the Authority has initiated or may initiate thereafter.
(2) No court inferior to that of a Chief Judicial Magistrate shall try any offence punishable under this Act.