64. Compounding of offences

The Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under section 55, 58, 59 or 60 of this Act or any regulations made under this Act which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence by regulations made under this Act by making a written offer to the person who committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Director General of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per cent of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within the time specified in the offer.

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 within such extended period 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.

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 to compound was made and any thing seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited to the department responsible for skills development as may be determined by the Director General, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

All sums of money received by the department responsible for skills development under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund.