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Section 22: Power to compound offence

The Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984State Act of Goa · Act 6 of 1984

(1)The Government may, by notification, empower a Tree Officer or any Forest Officer not below the rank of Deputy Conservator of Forests —

(a) to compound any offence committed under this Act on payment of —

(i) a sum not exceeding 19[“rupees twenty five thousand”] by way of composition for the offence which such person is suspected to have committed, and

(ii) the value of timber and other produce, if any, from the tree in respect of which the offence has been committed.

(b) to release any property seized or liable to confiscation, on payment of the value thereof, as estimated by such officer and the amount determined as payable for composition of the offence, as ordered by the Tree Officer or any Forest Officer, as the case may be.

(2) On the payment of such sums or such value or both, as the case may be, to such Officer, the property seized and the offender, if in custody, shall be released and no further proceedings shall be taken against such offender or property.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984
Section22
Marginal notePower to compound offence
JurisdictionState of Goa
StatusIn force as published by the source

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