Insertion of new section 106B in Central Act 63 of 1948.

In the principal Act, after section 106A, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "106B. The Inspector may, subject to any general or special order of the State Government in this behalf, compound any offence (except offences under Chapter IV and IV A of the Factories Act, 1948) punishable under this Act with fine only, and committed for the first time, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, on realization of such amount of composition fee as he thinks fit not exceeding the maximum amount of fine fixed for the offence; and where the offence is so compounded,- (i) before the institution of the prosecution, the offender shall not be liable to prosecution, for such offence and shall, if in custody, be set at liberty; (ii) after the institution of the prosecution, the composition shall amount to acquittal of the offender.".