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Goopoundlng of ofrenccs. - (1) The market committee may recover fto. *y person who han contravened or ls reasonably suspected to have contravened thl provlsdons of tbls Act or any rule, or reguladon or bye-Law made thereunder. by way of compounding of such ofience - (a) tn case of fallur e to pay any fce or other amount recoverable under tlrls Act, in addldon to tto he or other amount 60 recoverable, a sum of money equal to two and a halftlme tho fee or othcr amount recoverable or with rupees 5000, whlchever ls hiEher: and 6408 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, TULY 15, 2022 ln o0rer cases, a sum of money not exceedlng rupees 4()00. On ompoundlng of any oftncc under suFsection (1) above, no proceedlng shall be taken or contlnued against the p€n on conoerned in respect ofsuch an offene, and any proceedtngs in respect of such oftnce that hane alrcady been lnsdtutcd agalnst hlm tn any court, shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. (b) (2) 1lr4- cotltnvcndon by ofnclelc - (1) Any official or member of a market committec or the Board, when regulred to furnts[ lnformation ln rugard to the afrlrs or prcceedtng of the market commltrtee or the Board to the Director of Agrianlture Markeftrg wllfully ncglects or refuses o furnlsh such lnformafion oi wltfutly furntsher false lnfurmarlon, shall on convicdo0 be punishable witlr fine whlc.h may o&nd O rupees En thousand, (2') Any ffne r:covered under sub.section (1J above shall be credlted to the Market Fund or to tlre Assam State Agricultural Mar*edng Development hnd, as thc case may be T}IE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 15, 2022 6409