Lawgist48Compounding of offences
(1) Any offence punishable under section 25, sections 27 to 39, sections 45 to 47, or any rule made under sub-section (3) of section 52 may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded, on payment for credit to the Government of such sum as may be prescribed.
(2) The Director or legal metrology officer as may be specially authorised by him in this behalf, may compound offences punishable under section 25, sections 27 to 39, or any rule made under sub-section (3) of section 52.
(3) The Controller or legal metrology officer specially authorised by him, may compound offences punishable under section 25, sections 27 to 31, sections 33 to 37, sections 45 to 47, and any rule made under sub-section (3) of section 52:
Provided that such sum shall not, in any case, exceed the maximum amount of the fine, which may be imposed under this Act for the offence so compounded.
(4) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to person who commits the same or similar offence, within a period of three years from the date on which the first offence, committed by him, was compounded.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this sub-section, any second or subsequent offence committed after the expiry of a period of three years from the date on which the offence was previously compounded, shall be deemed to be a first offence.
(5) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), no proceeding or further proceeding, as the case may be, shall be taken against the offender in respect of the offence so compounded.
(6) No offence under this Act shall be compounded except as provided by this section.
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- 25 Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure
- 26 Penalty for alteration of weight and measure
- 27 Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure
- 28 Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards
- 29 Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units
- 30 Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure
- 31 Penalty for non-production of documents, etc
- 32 Penalty for failure to get model approved
- 33 Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure
- 34 Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure
- 35 Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number
- 36 Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages
- 37 Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre
- 38 Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure
- 39 Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure
- 40 Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer
- 41 Penalty for giving false information or false return
- 42 Vexatious search
- 43 Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules
- 44 Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc
- 45 Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence
- 46 Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence
- 47 Penalty for tampering with licence
- 48 Compounding of offences
- 49 Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted
- 50 Appeals
- 51 Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply
- 52 Power of the Central Government to make rules
- 53 Power of State Government to make rules
- 54 Delegation of Powers
- 55 Act not to apply in certain cases
- 56 Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed
- 57 Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
