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Insertion of section 22-CG.-—-Inthe Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (No. 21 of 1948) below section 22-C, the following section shall be inserted, namely— “22-CC—-—-Compounding of ofiences.—-An officer specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf by notification in the official gazette may, subject to any general or special order of the State Government in this . behalf, compound any offence punishable under this Act with fine only ‘ committed for the first time either before or after the institution of the ‘ mm xi web”: ofmm fee ashe ' fit, not exceeding the maxinmm amount of 'fin fixed fm’fin W, and where the offence is so compounded— ‘(zj before theimfitufion 1Hmumwfiefifl*mt h liable to prosecution for such ofi‘cnce end shall, if in custody,\be set at liberty; (ii) after the institution of the prosecution, the composition shall amount to acquittal of the ofi'ender.”.