Clause 79

A District Judge or a Magistrate may in his discretion compound any offence under this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder as may be prescribed as being an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed such offence the sum of money specified in rules made under subsection (3) of this section.

No licence shall be endorsed, suspended or cancelled by reason of any offence compounded under this section.

The Minister may make rules to prescribe the offences which may be compounded, the amount which may be offered by way of composition in respect of any such offence and the method and procedure by which such offences may be compounded under this section. [80]