Section 4. Cognizance of offences

34. Cognizance of offences.-(1) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or of the abetment of any such offence, save on complaint made by or under the authority of the appropriate Government. (2) No Court inferior to that of 3*[a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class], shall try any offence punishable under this Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 46 of 1982 s. 19 (w.e.f. 21-8-1984). 2. Added by s. 19, ibid. ( w.e.f. 21-8-1984) 3. Subs. by s. 20, ibid. (w.e.f. 21.8.1984). ``` ``` ``` ``` 35. ``` ``` Protection of persons. ``` ``` Chapter II: AUTHORITIES UNDER ``` | Section 4: Conciliation officers 4. Conciliation officers.- (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such number of persons as it thinks fit, to be conciliation officers, charged with the duty of mediating in and promoting the settlement of industrial disputes. ``` ``` (2) A conciliation officer may be appointed for a specified area or for specified industries in a specified area or for one or more specified industries and either permanently or for a limited period. ``` ``` 5.Boards of Conciliation. ``` ``` Chapter V: STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS ``` | Section 4: Amended by Jharkhand Act No.22,2017, Notification no:L.G 4. Amended by Jharkhand Act No.22,2017, Notification no:L.G.-04/2016-127/LEG.Dated 14/11/2017 ``` `5. Amended by Jharkhand Act No.22,2017, Notification no:L.G.-04/2016- 127/LEG.Dated 14/11/2017` ``` 178B ``` ``` (b) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of section 2,-- (i) in relation to any company in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government, or (ii) in relation to any corporation [not being a corporation referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of section 2] established by or under any law made by Parliament, ``` ``` the Central Government shall be appropriate Government. ``` ``` 25M. Prohibition of lay-off.