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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 267

Composition of Offence

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 267 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - Composition of Offence. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) A1[Board], or any person authorised by it, by general or special order in this behalf, may, either before or after the institution of the proceedings, compound any offence made punishable by or under this Act other than an offence under Chapter XIV :

Provided that no offence shall be compoundable which is committed by failure to comply with a notice, order or requisition issued by or on behalf of the1[Board], unless and until the same has been complied with in so far as compliance is possible.

(2) Where an offence has been compounded, the offender, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings, shall be taken against him in respect of the offence so compounded.

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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

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Section Section 267 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Composition of Offence) is reproduced on this page as part of the Cantonments Act, 1924. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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