Section 5 — Offences under this Act to be cognizable

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(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 any offence punishable under this Act shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code.

(2) No court inferior to that of a Chief City Magistrate in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad or of a Magistrate of the First Class elsewhere shall try any offence punishable under this Act.