Section 15 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – Jurisdiction

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Section 15: Jurisdiction

No Court inferior to that 1[of a Metropolitan Magistrate or of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall try an offence punishable under section 13.

Source: official text of The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.