Section 70

any offence under this Act and any regulations made under this Act that may be compounded;

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the criteria for compounding such offence; and

the method and procedure for compounding such offence.

The Chairman may, with the consent in writing of the

Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and any regulations made under this Act prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Chairman of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his written offer.

An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.

Where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the

Chairman may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.

Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any thing seized in connection with the offence may be forfeited or released by the Chairman, subject to such terms and conditions as the Chairman thinks fit.

Exemption