law: The Legal Metrology Act, 2009
  48. Compounding of
  
  offences .
  
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  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.