Section 5: For section 34-A of the Police Act, .1861,. the following section shall be substituted, namely

The Uttar Pradesh Criminal Law (Composition of Offences and Abatement of Trials) (Amendment) Act, 1979State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 35 of 1979

"34-A. An offence punishable under section 32 or section 34 may, subject to any general or special order of the State offences under Government in this behalf, be compounded by the sections 32 and District Superintendent of Police, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, on realisation of such amount of composition fee as he thinks fit, not exceeding the maximum amount of fine fixed for the offence; and when the offence is so compounded—

(i) before the institution of the prosecution, the offender shall not be liable to prosecution, for such offence and shall, if in custody, be set at liberty;

(ii) after the institution of the prosecution the composition shall amount to acquittal of the offender."

Where this provision sits

Act	The Uttar Pradesh Criminal Law (Composition of Offences and Abatement of Trials) (Amendment) Act, 1979
Section	5
Marginal note	For section 34-A of the Police Act, .1861,. the following section shall be substituted, namely
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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