(1) The Market Committee may accept from any person who has committed or is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence ( other than contravention of section 59 against this Act or the Rules or Bye-laws, made thereunder by way of compounding of such offence -
(a) Where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fee/ user charge, or other amount recoverable under this Act or the Ru!es or the Bye- laws in addition to the fee/user charge or other amount so recoverable a sum of money not less than the amount of the fee or ether amount and not more than five times the amount of fee or other amount to the maximum extent of rupees ten thousand.
(b) In other cases a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand rupees.
(2) On the compounding of any offence under sub-section (1), no proceer.iing shall be taken or continued against the person concerned in respect of such an offence, and if any proceedings in respect of that offence have already been instituted against him in any court, the compounding shall have effect of his acquittal.
Power to write 40. The Market Committee may write off any fee/user charge or amount whatsoever off irrecoverable due to it, whether under a contract or otherwise, or any amount payable in addition fee etc. therewith if in its opinion such a fee/user charge or an amount is irrecoverable:
Compounding of offences.
Power to remove encroachment on market yard.
use of weighi:1g instruments, weight and measure, their inspection.
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Provided that the Market Committee shall, before writing off any such fee/ user charge, or amount obtain the sanction of the Managing Director, if the fee or amount exceed rupees Fifty thousand.
41. Any officer or servant of the Market Committee, empowered by the State Government in this behalf, shall have power to remove any encroachment in a space in the principal market yard and sub-market yard (s) and the expenses of such removal shall be paid by the person who has caused the said encroachment and shall be recovered in the same manner as arrears of land revenue.