Section 17: Compunding of offences

The Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 (Act No. 9 of 2021)State Act of Meghalaya · Act 9 of 2021

(1) The Authorized Officer under this Act, either before or after the institution of proceedings for any offence punishable under this Act or any rules made there under, accept from any person charged with such offence by way of composition of the offence such sum not exceeding 75 of the maximum amount of fine to which he is liable to pay on being found guilty of committing the offence.

(2) On the payment of such sum of money to such officer, no further proceedings shall be taken against the accused person in respect of the same offence:

Provided that no offence, for which punishment of imprisonment has been prescribed under this Act, shall be compounded.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 (Act No. 9 of 2021)
Section	17
Marginal note	Compunding of offences
Jurisdiction	State of Meghalaya
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 (Act No. 9 of 2021) is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.