Section 33 – Cognizance of offences

No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder except on a complaint thereof in writing made by the Apprenticeship Adviser ¹[or the officer of the rank of Deputy Apprenticeship Adviser and above] within six months from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

^!. Ins. by Act 4 of 1997, s. 8 (w.e.f. 8-1-1997).