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Confiscation how ordered.––Whenever confiscation is authorised by this Act, the 2[Deputy Commissioner] or Magistrate ordering it may give the owner of the thing liable to be confiscated an option to pay in lieu of the confiscation such fine as such officer thinks fit. When an offence under this Act has been committed but the offender is not known or cannot be found, or when anything liable to confiscation under this Act and not in the possession of any person cannot be satisfactorily accounted for, the case shall be inquired into and determined by the 2[Commissioner] or by any other officer authorised by him in that behalf who may order such confiscation : Provided that no such order shall be made until the expiration of one month from the date of seizing the things intended to be confiscated or without hearing the persons, if any, claiming any right thereto, and evidence, if any, which they produce in support of their claims. 3[60. Power to compound offences.––(1) A Deputy Commissioner may accept from any person whose licence or permit is liable to be cancelled or suspended under section 22 or who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under section 49 or section 50-A or section 56, a sum of money not exceeding 4[fifteen thousand rupees] but not less than 5[five thousand rupees], in lieu of such