law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  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 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.