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```text 47. Compounding of offences. ```

*(Note: If you were looking for the compounding provision under *The Madhya Pradesh Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Act, 1958*, it is located under **Section 27(2)** on page 119:)*

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1. (2) On the application of a person accused of an offence under this Act, the Cane Commissioner or the Collector of the district with the previous concurrence of the Cane Commissioner may at any stage compound such offence by levying a composition fee not exceeding the fine which could be imposed for such offence. ```