Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
15. Power to compound contravention
(1) Any contravention under section 13 may, on an application
made by the person committing such contravention, be compounded within one
hundred and eighty days from the date of receipt of application by the Director
of Enforcement or such other officers of the Directorate of Enforcement and
officers of the Reserve Bank as may be authorized in this behalf by the Central
Government in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) Where a contravention has been compounded under sub-section
(1), no proceeding or further proceeding, as the case may be, shall be
initiated or continued, as the case may be, against the person committing such
contravention under that section, in respect of the contravention so
compounded.