law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  24. Cognizance of
  
  offences. -
  No court shall take
  
  cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by the
  
  appropriate Government or an officer authorised in this behalf by such
  
  appropriate Government or, as the case may be, the statistics officer, and no
  
  court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of
  
  the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.