Section 23

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 period specified in the offer or within such extended period as the proper officer of customs may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person 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 person to whom the offer was made and any thing seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the proper officer of customs, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

Windfall Profit Levy 17

All sums of money received by the proper officer of customs under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Fund.

Offences by body corporate, etc.