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Compounding of offences.- (1) The Authority or any other officer of the Authority authorized by it by general or special order in this behalf may either before or after the institution of the proceedings compound such offences as may be prescribed by the Government by accepting from any person who has committed or in respect of whom a reasonable belief can be inferred that he has committed an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder, a sum as may be prescribed by way of composition of such offences. (2) Where an offence has been compounded, the offender if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceeding shall be taken against him in respect of the offence so compounded. 1[33A. Cognizable offences.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, the offences specified in sub-section (1),(2),(3) and (4) of section 32A shall be cognizable offences.]1