For section 77 of the principal Act, the followins sections shall be substituted, Sabst,lllhOlt of
aew SCCtlODS namely:- far SCC1loa n. "77. No compensation awarded, penally imposed or confiscation made under COmpetls.llloa, this Act shall pte\'tnl the award ofcompensation or imposition of any other penalty or pc:naltru 01 eCllrlSaltloD punishment under any other law for the time being in fur". 1101 III Inlerl"ere Willi ather pUlIisJImcol 77 A. A coun of competent jurisdiction may compound offences, other than Compoullllill offences for \\'hich the punishment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding three of offtncu years has been provided,. under this Act: Provided that the coun shall nOl compound such offence wfIere the accused is, by reason of his p~vious conviction, liable to either enhanced punishment or to a punishmenl of a different kind: Provided further that the court shall nOI compound any offence where such offence affects the socio economic conditions of the country or has been committed against a child below the I!Ige or 18 years or a woman. (2) The person accused ofan offence under this Act may file an application for compounding in the eoun in which offence is pending for trial and the provisions of 2 of 1974 sections 2658 and 265C ofthe Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply.