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Section 21: Power to compound offences

The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976State Act of Karnataka · Act 76 of 1976

(1) The State Government may, by order, empower a Tree Officer,-

(a) to compound on payment of a sum 1[equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the value of the property involved in the offence,]1 any offence under this Act;

(b) to release any property seized or liable to confiscation, on payment of the value thereof, as estimated by such officer.

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

1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976
Section21
Marginal notePower to compound offences
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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