CHAPTER VI - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
Section 27. Limitation of prosecutions.
No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act unless the complaint thereof is made within three months from the date on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of an inspector:
Provided that where the offence consists of disobeying a written order made by an inspector, complaint thereof may be made within six months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
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- 1. 10th February, 1971, vide notification No. G.S.R. 190, dated 1st February, 1971, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(i).
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- 1. Subs. by Act 14 of 1986, s. 2, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 28-1-1986).
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- *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammuand Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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- 1. Ins. by Act 4 of 2005, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 11-1-2005).