Composition of certain offences.

¹[(1)Any offence whether committed before or after the commencement of this Act ²[punishable under section 180, section 181, sub-section (1) of section 182, sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 182A, sub-section (1) of section 183, clause (c) of the Explanation to section 184, section 189, second or subsequent offence under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 190, second or subsequent offence under section 192, sub-section (3) of section 192B, second or subsequent offence under section 194E, and clause (b) of section 198], may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded by such officers or authorities and for such amount as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.]

³[Provided that the State Government may, in addition to such amount, require the offender to undertake a period of community service.]

(2)Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), the offender, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence:

³[Provided that notwithstanding compounding under this section, such offence shall be deemed to be a previous commission of the same offence for the purpose of determining whether a subsequent offence has been committed:

Provided further that compounding of an offence will not discharge the offender from proceedings under sub-section (4) of section 206 or the obligation to complete a driver refresher training course, or the obligation to complete community service, if applicable.]