# The Goa Command Area Development Act, 1997, Section 42: Composition of offences

- Act: The Goa Command Area Development Act, 1997 (Act 27 of 1997)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/goa-command-area-development-act-1997/section/42/

## Text

(I} Any Officer authorised by the Command Area Development Board may accept from any person who has committed or in respect of whom a reasonable belief can be inferred that he has committed an offence punishable under this Act, or the rules made thereunder, a sum of money not exceeding two hundred rupees, by way of composition for such offence. (2) On payment of such sum of money, the said person if in custody, shall be released and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in regard to the offence so compounded. CHAPTER - XIII

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