Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any Officer duly authorised by the Government in this behall may accept from any person against whom a reasonable sltspicion exists that he has cornmi.tted any olfence punishable under this Act, sueh sum of moneY as may be prescribed, by way of composi- tion of the offence which such person is suspected to have committed (2) On payment of such sum of money to the Officer mentioned in sub-section (1), the suspected person, if in custodY, shall be discharged and no other pro- ceeding shall be taken against him in respect of the olfence compounded (3) The provisions of this section shall apply also where a prosecution or an appeal against conviction of o{fence under this Act is pending before a court and in such a case, the composition of such oftence shall have the effect of the acquittal of the accused with whom an offence has been compounded : Provided that the court before whom such prosecution or appeal is pending grants permission for such composition'