Section 139
Power to compound offences
(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, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or within such extended period as the Registrar General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection
(1)
—
(a)
no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made; and
(b)
any goods, thing or other article seized in connection with the offence shall be released immediately.
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(4)
Any moneys paid to the Registrar General pursuant to subsection (1) shall be paid into and form part of the Federal
Consolidated Fund.