# The Code on Wages, 2019, Section 52: Cognizance of offences

- Act: The Code on Wages, 2019 (Act 29 of 2019)
- Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/code-on-wages-2019/section/52/

## Text

(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.

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