Section 73B

The Director General, the State Director or to whom the

Director General or State Director has delegated such power in writing as the case may be, may compound any offence by collecting the amount to be paid from person reasonably suspected of having committed such offence through a written offer specifying the amount to be paid within such time.

An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.

If the amount specified in the offer under subsection (2) is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director General, the State Director or to whom the

Director General or State Director has delegated such power in writing may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.

Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2), no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted against such person in respect of such offence and where seizure has been taken of any carcass, semen, fodder, litter, dung or any product of animals or birds or any article or substance, conveyance or documents under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act or the proceeds of any sale under it, the Director General, the State Director or any veterinary authority, may destroy, forfeit or release such property in a manner as he may think fit with the approval of court.

Jurisdiction to try offences