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Section 68: Power to compound offence

The Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953State Act of Rajasthan · Act 13 of 1953

(1) the 1 [State Government] may, by notification in the 1 [Official Gazette], empower a Forest Officer. -

(a) to accept from any person against whom reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed any forest offence other than an offence specified in Section 62 or Section 63 a sum of money by way of compensation for the offence which such person is suspected to have committed, and

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

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

3 [(3) A Forest Officer shall not be empowered under this section unless he is a Forest Officer of a rank not inferior to that of a Range Forest Officer.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953
Section68
Marginal notePower to compound offence
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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