(1)Any offence punishable under sections 88 and 89, may, either
before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded, on payment of such amount as may be
prescribed:
Provided that no compounding of such offence shall be made without the leave of the court before
which a complaint has been filed under section 92:
Provided further that such sum shall not, in any case, exceed the maximum amount of the fine, which
may be imposed under t his Act for the offence so compounded.
(2)The Central Authority or any officer as may be specially authorised by him in this behalf, may
compound offences under sub -section ( 1).
(3)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.
(4)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 o ffender in respect of the offence so
compounded.
(5)The acceptance of the sum of money for compounding an offence in accordance with sub -section
(1)by the Central Authority or an officer of the Central Authority empowered in this behalf shall be
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deemed t o amount to an acquittal within the meaning of the Code of Crimin al Procedure, 1973 (2 of
1974).