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Section 24
The Jammu and Kashmir Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2012Jammu and Kashmir

Section 24. Jurisdiction to try offences

(1) The offences under the Act shall be triable by the Judicial Magistrate having the jurisdiction in the area.

(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under the Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, except upon a complaint in writing made by the City/District Slum Area Redevelopment Authority or by any officer of the City/District Slum Area Redevelopment Authority duly authorized by it for this purpose.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in 1[the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], it shall be Judicial Magistrate of the First Class to pass a sentence of imprisonment or of fine or both under the Act.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.