Section 90
Compounding of offences
The Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Part 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 Director General 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.
(2)
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.
(3)
If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the
Director General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
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(4)
Where an offence has been compounded under this section—
(a)
no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made; and
(b)
any document or thing seized in connection with the offence may be released by the Director General, subject to such terms as the Director General thinks fit.
(5)
All sums of moneys received by the Director General under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal
Consolidated Fund.