§ 52 Code on Wages, 2019

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Section 52. Cognizance of offences

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Act
Code on Wages, 2019
Section number
52

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The Code on Wages, 2019

Chapter VIII

Offences and Penalties

52. Cognizance of offences.-

(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Code, save on a complaint made by or under the authority of the appropriate Government or an officer authorised in this behalf, or by an employee or a registered Trade Union registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926) or an Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try the offences under this Code.