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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coffee Act, 1942 Section 40

Cognizance of Offence

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Coffee Act, 1942 Section 40 is part of Coffee Act, 1942 - Cognizance of Offence. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) No Court other than the Court of1[a Metropolitan Magis­trate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act.

(2) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 35 except on complaint made by an officer authorised in this behalf by the2[State] Government2[or of the offence specified in sub-section (2) of section 16 except on complaint made by an officer authorised in this behalf either by the2[State] Government or by the Board] or of an offence punishable under any other section except on complaint made with the previous sanction of the Central Government by an officer authorised in this behalf by the Board:

3[Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the previous sanction of the Central Government shall not be necessary for compliants in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the notification.]

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1. Substituted for "a Magistrate of the first class" by The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1994 (23 of 1994) w.e.f. 14.01.1994.

2. Inserted by Coffee Market Expansion (Amendment) Act (2 of 1944), S. 4 (27-2-1944).

3. Added by Coffee Market Expansion (Amendment) Act (7 of 1943), S. 15 (26-3-1943).

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What does Coffee Act, 1942 Section 40 provide?

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