Subject to the provisions of *[section 562] of
the 1[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], a Panchayati Adalat may,
instead of passing sentence, discharge, after due admonition an offender who in its opinion was on the date of the commission of offence not over
2[eighteen years of age].
* Now section 360. 1. Substituted by S.O. 3654(E) dated 16.10.2020 for “Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989”. 2. Substituted by S.O. 3654(E) dated 16.10.2020 for “fifteen years of age”.