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Compounding of offences. (1) The Market Committee may accept from any person who has committed or is reasonably susp&ted of having committed an offence (other than contravention of Section 68) against this Act or the Rules or Bye-laws made thereunder, by way, of compounding of such offence (a) Where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fec/user charge, or other amount recoverable under this Act or the Rules or the l3ve-laws in addition to the lee! user charge or other amount so recoverable, a sum of money not less than the amount of the fee or other 15, May, 2020 The Nagaland Gazette, Part- V 35 amount and not more than five times the amount of fee or other amount to the maximum extent of rupees ten thousand. (b) In other cases a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand rupees. (2) On the compounding of any offence under sub-section(l), no proceeding shall be taken or continued against the person concerned in respect of such an offence, and if any proceedings in respect of that offence have already been instituted against him in any court, the compounding shall have effect of his acquittal.