At any time, before or after the institution of adjudication proceedings, the CCA or an Officer specially authorized in this regard or the Adjudicating Office can compound contravention under the Act. The compounded amount however cannot, in any case, exceed the maximum penalty impossible for the contravention under this Act. Where any contravention has been compounded, no proceeding or further proceedings, as the case may be , can be taken for the compounded offence. Once a contravention has been compounded, the same person cannot seek relief of compounding for the same or similar contraventions committed within a period of 3 years from the date of compounding.
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