law: Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
  25.Certain offences to
  
  be cognizable.-
  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), any
  
  offence punishable under sub-section (1) of section 23 shall be deemed to be
  
  cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code.