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Section 44: Compounding of offences.

The Meghalaya State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (Act No. 9 of 2020)State Act of Meghalaya · Act 9 of 2020

1)The Market Committee may accept from any person who has committed or is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence (other than contravention of Section 64 against this Act or the Rules or Byelaws, made thereunder by way of compounding of such offence

(a) Where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fee or user charge, or other amount recoverable under this Act or the Rules or the Byelaws in addition to the fee or user charge or other amount so recoverable a sum of money not less than the amount of the fee or other amount and not more than five times the amount of fee or other amount to the maximum extent of rupees ten thousand.

(b) In other cases a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand rupees.

(2) On the compounding of any offence under subsection (1), no proceeding shall be taken or continued against the person concerned in respect of such an offence, and if any proceedings in respect of that offence have already been instituted against him in any court, the compounding shall have effect of his acquittal.

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ActThe Meghalaya State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (Act No. 9 of 2020)
Section44
Marginal noteCompounding of offences.
JurisdictionState of Meghalaya
StatusIn force as published by the source

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