THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR WATER RESOURCES (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2010
Section 172. Cognizance of offences.
No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under the Act except upon a complaint in writing made by the Government or any of its officers or the Authority, as the case may be, for this purpose :
Provided that the court may also take cognizance of an offence punishable under the Act upon a report of a police officer filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989.
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