Section 17

An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted, and if the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or withnin such extended period as the Director General may grant, the prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the employer to whom the offer was made.

If an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the employer to whom the offer to compound was made.

Exemption