(1) Any offence punishable under section 37, 38, 39, 4)0, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 51, 53, 58 or sub-section (3) of section 69 may either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded, by the Controller or such other officer as may be specially authorised in this behalf by the Controller, on payment for credit to the Government of such sum as the Controller or such other officer may specify:
Provided that such sum shall not, in any case, exceed the maximum amount of the fine which may be imposed under this Regulation for the offence so compounded.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to a person who commits the same or similar offence within a period of three years from the date on which the first offence, committed by him, woa compounded.
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Explanation.—For the purpose of this sub-section, any second or subsequent offence committed after the expiry of a period of three years from the date on which the offence was previously compounded, shall be deemed to be a first offence.
(3) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-Section ( i) , rib proceeding or further proceeding, as the case may be, shall be tdken against the offender in respect of the offence so conirJoUnded, and the offender, if in custody, shall be discharged forthwith.
(4) No offence under this Regulation shall be cdmpounded except as provided by this section;
43 oi 1866. 64. The provisions of the Indian Penal Code, in so far as such provisions relate to offences with regard to weights or measures, shall not apply to any offence which is punishable under this Regulation.
Provisions of Indian Penal Code not to apply to any offence Under thls Regulation.
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