law: Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 
  17. Provisions
  
  relating to jurisdiction. – 
  1.     
  
    No
  
  court inferior to that of metropolitan magistrate or a magistrate of the first
  
  class shall try any offence under this Act or the regulations.
  2.     
  
    No
  
  prosecution for any offence under this Act or the regulations shall be
  
  instituted except by or with the previous sanction of all Inspector.
  3.     
  
    Notwithstanding,
  
  anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), no
  
  court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Act or the regulations
  
  unless complaint thereof' has been made-
  a.      In the case of File
  
  offence punishable with fine, -
                       
  
   i.        
  
    Within
  
  six months from the date of the offence; or
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    Where
  
  the commission of the offence was not known to the Inspector, within six months
  
  from the first day on which the offence comes to the knowledge of' the
  
  Inspector of
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    Where
  
  it is not known by whom the offence was committed, within six months from the
  
  first day on which the identity of the offender is known to the Inspector; or
  
  (h) In the case of an offence punishable with imprisonment
               
  
   i.        
  
    Within
  
  one year from the date of the offence; or
  Where
  
  the commission of the offence was not known to the Inspector, within one year
  
  from the first day on which the offence comes to the knowledge of the
  
  Inspector; or
             
  
   iii.        
  
    Where
  
  it is not known by whom the offence was committed, within six months from the
  
  first day on which the identity of the offender is known to the Inspector.
  Explanation-For the
  
  purposes of this section, in the case of a continuing offence a fresh period of
  
  limitation shall begin to run at every movement of the time during which the
  
  offence continues.