No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act of the rules made thereunder except on a complaint thereof in writing made by the Apprenticeship Adviser¹[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.

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1. Inserted by Act 4 of 1997, s. 8 (w.e.f. 8-1-1997).