State Act
Section 8. Amendment of section 36 of U.P. Act no. 26 of 1962
8. In section 36 of the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Aclhisthari Adhiniyam, 1962, after sub-section(2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :— "(3) The Chief Inspector may, subject to any- general or special order the State Government in this behalf, compound any offence punishable under this Act, either before after the institution _of the prosecution,' on realisation of such amount of composition 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."