State Act
Section 6. Insertion of new section 14-A in Act no. 3 of 1867
6. After section 14 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867, the following secOon shall be inserted, namely :— "14-A An officer specially empowered in this behalf by the State Compounding of Government by notification may, subject to any general or special order of the State Government in this behalf, compound any offence punishable under this Act, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, on realisation of such amount of com-position fee as he thinks fit, not exceeding the maximum amount of fine fixed for the offence: and where the offence is so compounded— (i) before the institution of the prosecution the offender shall not be liable to prosecution for such offence and shall, if in custody, be set at liberty; (ii) after the institution of the prosecution, the composition shall amount to acquittal of the offender. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall authorise the composition of any subsequent offence committed by an offender who has once been convicted for any offence punishable under this Act.