Compounding of offences

(1) The prescribed authority may either before or after the institution of proceedings under section 25, accept from a proprietor charged with an offence under the said section or under any rules made under this Act, by way of composition of the offence, a sum not exceeding Rs. 2,000. (2) On payment of such sum as may be determined by the prescribed authority under sub-section (1), no further proceeding shall be taken against the proprietor in respect of the same offence.