The Government of Goa on 19th August 2022, has notified the Goa Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which seeks to insert a new section 29A in the Goa Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1986, so as to enable compounding of offences punishable under the said Act on payment of certain sum as specified therein.
29A Compounding of Offences: Any offence punishable under this Act, not being an offence punishable with imprisonment only, or with imprisonment and also with fine, may, on an application of the accused person, either before or after the institution of any prosecution, be compounded by such Officer, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, for a sum equivalent to seventy-five percent of the maximum fine provided for such offence, in such manner as prescribed.
Every application for the compounding of an offence shall be made in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed. Where any offence is compounded before the institution of any prosecution, no prosecution shall be instituted in relation to such offence, against the offender in relation to whom the offence is so compounded.
