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Section 51: Powers and duties of compounding authority

BIS Rules 2018Central Rules · 2016

(1) The compounding authority, if he is satisfied that any person who has made the application for compounding of offence under sub-rule (2) of rule 50 has cooperated in the proceedings before him and has made full and true disclosure of the facts relating to the goods, articles, process, system or service, grant such person immunity from prosecution under the Act, if the prosecution has not been instituted with respect to the case so compounded, subject to such conditions as the compounding authority may find fit to impose.

(2) The compounding authority shall endeavour to decide every application for compounding within sixty days of its filing.

(3) The compounding authority shall file before the Director General, a monthly report indicating the details of applications received by him and actions taken thereon.

[F. No. 6/1/2016-BIS] ANIL BAHUGUNA, Jt. Secy.

Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

2018-06-30T15:49:34+0530 ALOK KUMAR

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ActBIS Rules 2018
Section51
Marginal notePowers and duties of compounding authority
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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