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(1) The Commissioner may, either before ampnsicion or after ' institutiou of criminal proceedings under of ofleflccs- this Act, accept from the per-son charged with an offence under this Act or the rules made th~reunder, by way of composition sf the offence, a sum not exceeding one thousand rupees. (2) On payment of such sum. as may bc: deter- mined by the - Commissioner under suhisection (I), no further criminal proceedings sbaJl be taken against the person concerned in respect of the same offence.