Power to compound Offences
(1) Any forest
officer, specially empowered in this behalf by the Government may accept compensation
from any person who committed or in respect of whom it can be reasonably
inferred that he has committed any forest offence, other than an offence under
Section 52 or Section 55.
(i) a sum of money
not exceeding fifty rupees where such offence is of a trivial nature;
(ii)
a sum of money
which shall not in any case be less than the value of the forest produce, or
more than four times such value as estimated by such forest officer, in addition to the value of
the forest produce, where such offence involves any forest produce which in the
opinion of the forest officer may be released.
(iii)
a sum of money
which shall not in any case be less than the value of the forest produce or
more than four times such value as estimated by such forest officer, where such
offence involves forest produce which in the opinion of the forest officer
should be retained by the Government.
(2) On receipt
of the sum of money referred to in sub-section (1) by such officer:-
(i) the accused person, if in custody, shall
be discharged;
(ii) the property
seized shall, if it is not to be so retained, be released; and
(iii) no further proceedings shall be taken
against such person or property.
No comments:
Post a Comment