Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
58E. Cognizance of offences
(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable
under this Act except upon a complaint in writing made by an officer of the
Bank, generally or specially authorized in writing in this behalf by the Bank,
and no court other than that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial
Magistrate of the first class or a court superior thereto shall try any such
offence:
30 [PROVIDED that in respect of any offence punishable
under sub-section (5A) of section 58B, a complaint in writing may also be made
by an officer of the State Government, generally or specially authorized in
writing in this behalf by that government.
(2) Notwithstanding any thing contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973
(2 of 1974) a Magistrate may, if he sees reason so to do, dispense with the
personal attendance of the officer of the Bank filing the complaint, but the
Magistrate may in his discretion, at any stage of the proceedings, direct the
personal attendance of the complainant.