LawgistThe Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act
47Cognizance of offences
(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, save on a complaint made by the Authority or any officer or person authorised by it.
1[Provided that the court may, on a complaint made by an Aadhaar number holder or individual take cognizance of any offence punishable under section 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 40 or section 41.]
(2) No court inferior to that of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or a Chief Judicial Magistrate shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
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1. Ins. by Act 14 of 2019, s. 20 (w.e.f. 25-7-2019)
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- 34 Penalty for impersonation at time of enrolment
- 35 Penalty for impersonation of Aadhaar number holder by changing demographic information or biometric information
- 36 Penalty for impersonation
- 37 Penalty for disclosing identity information
- 38 Penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository
- 39 Penalty for tampering with data in Central Identities Data Repository
- 40 Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity
- 41 Penalty for non-compliance with intimation requirements
- 42 General penalty
- 43 Offences by companies
- 44 Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
- 45 Power to investigate offences
- 46 Penalties not to interfere with other punishments
- 47 Cognizance of offences
