Compounding of Offence

(1) The Authority or any officer authorized by it in this behalf may by general or a special order, either before or after the institution of the proceedings for any offence punishable under this Act, accept from a user or a person penalized with the offence by the way of compounding of the offence a sum equivalent to double the maximum amount of fine prescribed in the relevant sub-sections of section 11. (2) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify such reduced sum, for such offences, at which the Authority may compound the sum below the limit fixed for the purpose of that offence by the State Government.