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Section 18. Institution of Proceedings
The Punjab Sugarcane (Regulation of Purchase and Supply) Act, 1953
Act no. 40 of 19531953In forcePunjab (State Act)
18. (l) No prosecution shall be instituted under this Act except upon a complaint made by a District Magistrate. (2) On the application of a person accused of an offence under this Act, the District Magistrate may compound such offence by levying a composition fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, at any stage before the judgment in the case has been announced. (3) No court inferior to that of a (Judicial Magistrate) of the first class shall try any offence under this Act.