Clause 3

The Cinematograph Film Hire Duty Act, 1966, is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 16 thereof the following new section: —“Compounding of offences16A. A senior officer of customs authorised in that behalf by the Comptroller may compound any offence under sections 5(3), 5 (5), 6 (3), 8 (4), 8 (7), 12 (2) and 13 (2) of this Act or any rules made thereunder by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed an offence a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.”.