Section 69
Power to compound offences.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Commissioner of Food Safety may, by order, empower the
Designated Officer, to accept from petty manufacturers who himself manufacture and sell any article of
food, retailers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, temporary stall holders against whom a reasonable belief exists
that he has committed an offence or contravention against this Act, payment of a sum of money by way of
composition of the offence which such person is suspected to have committed.
(2) On the payment of such sum of money to such officer, the suspected person, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings in respect of the offence shall be taken against such person.
(3) The sum of money accepted or agreed to be accepted as composition under sub section (1), shall not be more than one lakh rupees and due regard shall be made to the guidelines specified in section 49:
Provided that no offence, for which punishment of imprisonment has been prescribed under this Act, shall be compounded.
(2) On the payment of such sum of money to such officer, the suspected person, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings in respect of the offence shall be taken against such person.
(3) The sum of money accepted or agreed to be accepted as composition under sub section (1), shall not be more than one lakh rupees and due regard shall be made to the guidelines specified in section 49:
Provided that no offence, for which punishment of imprisonment has been prescribed under this Act, shall be compounded.