law: Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
  49. Cognizance of Offences.
  
  (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence
  
  under this Act except on a complaint made by -
  (a) a Board or any
  
  officer authorized in this behalf by it; or
  (b) any person who has
  
  given notice of not less than sixty days, in the manner prescribed, of the
  
  alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint, to the Board or
  
  officer authorized as aforesaid, 
  
  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.
  (2) Where a complaint has been made under
  
  clause (b) of sub-section (1), the Board shall, on demand by such person, make
  
  available the relevant reports in its possession to that person :
  Provided that the Board may refuse to make any
  
  such report available to such person if the same is, in its opinion, against
  
  the public interest.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  section 29 of the Code of Criminal