No Court inferior to that of a 1[Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial
Magistrate of the first class] shall try any offence under this Act which is alleged to have been
committed by any owner, agent or manager of a mine or any offence which is by this Act made
punishable with imprisonment.
1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1983, s. 43, for "presidency magistrate or magistrate of the first class" (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).