Section 14Procedure

s. 14

14. Procedure [Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act No. V of 1898),- (a) an offence under this Act shall be congnizable; (b) no Court other than that of a Metropolitan Magistrate in metropolitan area or a Senior Judicial Magistrate (Magistrate of the first class) other than in metropolitan area shall try an offence under this Act; and (c) a Court trying an offence under this Act shall try the offence summarily in accordance with the procedure laid down in the said Code for summary trial of summons cases.]

1. 19. Section 14 was substituted by section 12 of Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act No. 100 of 2026).