83: Registering officer may commence prosecutions
The Registration Act · Federal Acts · Part XIV · in_force
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Registering officer may commence prosecutions.—(1) A prosecution for any offence under this Act coming to the knowledge of a registering officer in his official capacity may be commenced by or with the permission of the Inspector General, * * * the Registrar or the Sub Registrar, in whose territories, district or sub district, as the case may be, the offence has been committed. (2) Offences punishable under this Act shall be triable by any Court or officer exercising powers not less than those of a Magistrate of the second class.
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