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Section 53A

Power to compound offences

of Port Authority Ordinance, 1961 ( Ord. No. 1/61 )

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 61 of 82
Section 53A

The general manager or any other officer authorized in writing by him may compound any offence under this Ordinance or its subsidiary legislation which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence, by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the maximum fine prescribed for the offence.

[Ins. Cap. A77.]