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.