Amendment of Section 9a
In section 9A of the Central Excise Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:--
"(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974), all offences under this Act (except an offence punishable for a term of imprisonment of three years or more under section 9) shall be non-cognizable.".