Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 · Chapter III: Import of Drugs and Cosmetics
Section 15: Jurisdiction
No Court inferior to that [of a Metropolitan Magistrate or of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall try an offence punishable under section 13.
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