Insertion of new section 22- CC, in Act no.
11 óf 1948 Compounding of offences Insertion of new section 106-A in Act no. 63 of 1948.
Compounding of offences Amendment of section 34-A of Act no. 5 of 1861 Compounding of offences under section 32 and 34 Insertion of new section 14- A in Act no. 3 of 1867 2 [The Uttar Pradesh criminal law (composition of offences and abatement of trials) (amendment) Act, 1979] "14-A An officer specially empowered in this behalf by the State Compounding of Government by notification may, subject to any general or special order of the State Government in this behalf, compound any offence punishable under this Act, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, on realisation of such amount of com-position fee as he thinks fit, not exceeding the maximum amount of fine fixed for the offence: and where 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.
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall authorise the composition of any subsequent offence committed by an offender who has once been convicted for any offence punishable under this Act.