Cognizance of Offences
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.
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1. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 43, for certain words (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).