law: Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
  65. Compounding of
  
  offences.-
  
  1.  Any
  
  offence punishable under section 39, section 40, section 41, section 42,
  
  section 44, section 45, section 46, section 47, section 48, section 51, section
  
  52, section 54 or section 59 or any rule made under sub-section (3) of section
  
  72, may either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be
  
  compounded, by the Controller or such other officer as may be authorised in
  
  this behalf by the Controller, on payment, for credit to the State Government,
  
  of such sum as the Controller or such other officer may specify:
  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.
  2.  Nothing
  
  contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to a 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 purpose 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.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  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, and the offender, if in custody, shall be
  
  discharged forthwith.
  4.    No
  
  offence punishable under this Act shall be compounded except as provided by
  
  this section.