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(l) The State Government shall, by notification in the officiat Gazette, constitute a Water Appellate Authority for the purpose of deciding appeals frled against an order passed by the Appellate Officer" (2) The water Appellate Authority shall consist of a chairman and such members as the State Govemment may specifu. (3) The terms and conditions of the Chairman and Members, and the procedure to be followed by the Authority shall be such as may be prescribed. 18" (l) The Authority or any officer authorized by it in this behalf may by general or a special order, either before or after the institution of the proceedings for any offence punishable under this Act, accept from a user or a person penalized with the off'ence by the y of compounding of the offence a sum equivalent to double the maximum amount of fine prescribed in the relevant sub-sections ofsection I 1. (2) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify such reduced sum, for such offences, at which the Authority may compound the sum below the limit fixed for the purpose of that offence by the State Government" \ilater l\ppellate ll.uthority C'onstitution olf Water Appellate Authority Compounding Oifence PART IV] GUJARAT GOVERNI\4EMT GAZETTE, 8X,22-08-2OI} 22-13 (3) when an offence has been compounded uqder sub-section (1), the offender, shall be discharge and no further proceedings shall be made against him in respect of the offence compounded, and if the offender is in custodv. he shall be discharged.