law: 26. Offences to be triable by a Magistrate of the first class and not to be compoundable.-
  Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898),-
  (a) every offence against this Act shall be triable by a Magistrate of the first class, and
  (b) no offence against this Act shall be compoundable.