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holding the rank of inspector or higher or a commissioned police officer substituting in such position;
(4)in a case which can be settled according to other law, when the alleged offender pays the fine settled by a competent authority.
Section38.As regards the offence under section (2), (3), or (4) of the previous section, if the official mentioned therein finds that the alleged offender does not deserve a punishment as serious as imprisonment, he shall have the power to adopt a settlement in the following manners:
(1)he shall designate the fine which the alleged offender should pay; if the alleged offender and the injured person consent thereto, the case shall become concluded when the alleged offender pays within an appropriate time but not over fifteen days the fine in the amount designated by the authority;
if the alleged offender does not consent to the settlement or, having given his consent, fails to pay the fine within the time designated in the previous paragraph, the case shall be continued;
(2)in a case which gives rise to compensation, if the injured person and the alleged offender consent to the settlement, the authority shall fix its amount as found appropriate by him or agreed upon by the parties.
