Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
Section - 9A - Compounding of offences
[Compounding of offences.9A. (1) Any offence punishable under section 4, 5 and 7 or any rules made under this Act may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, on an application by the alleged offender, be compounded by payment of compounding amount not more than fifty thousand by such officer or authority as the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf:Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the said specified compounding amount:Provided further that the offences of the same nature committed by the same offender for more than three occasions shall not be compoundable:Provided also that such offences shall be compounded only after the alleged offender has acted to the satisfaction of such officer or authority that such offence is not continued any further.(2) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), no further proceedings shall be taken against the offender in respect of such offence in respect of such offence and the offender, if in custody, shall be released or discharged.]
1. In relation to Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, section 9A was inserted by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Second Order, 2020, w.e.f. 5-10-2020 and also by the Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) order, 2020, w.e.f. 23-10-2020.
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