Personal Data Protection Act 2010 · Updated to 15 Sep 2026 · Part X · Miscellaneous
132. Compounding of offences
Feedback & supportThe Commissioner may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and 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 Commissioner 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.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Personal Data Protection Commissioner appointed under section 47;
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
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personal data
“personal data” means any information in respect of commercial transactions, which— (a) is being processed wholly or partly by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; (b) is recorded with the intention that it should wholly or partly be processed by means of such equipment; or (c) is recorded as part of a relevant filing system or with the intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system, that relates directly or indirectly to a data subject, who is identified or identifiable from that information or from that and other information in the possession of a data user, including any sensitive personal data and expression of opinion about the data subject; but does not include any information that is processed for the purpose of a credit reporting business carried on by a credit reporting agency under the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010;
offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the Commissioner 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 (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any computer, book, account, computerized data or other document, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or article seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Commissioner, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.
All sums of money received by the Commissioner under this section shall be paid into the Federal Consolidated Fund.
Fund
“Fund” means the Personal Data Protection Fund established under section 61;