Section 77

The Director may compound any offence committed by any person under this Enactment or any subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence upon payment to the Director of such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in the offer.

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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.

If the amount specified in the offer made under subsection (1) is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director 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 such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made and any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance, conveyance, receptacle, package, document or computerized data seized under this Enactment or any subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment or the proceeds of sale under it the Director or any veterinary authority may destroy, forfeit or release the animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance, conveyance, receptacle, package, document or computerized data in a manner as he may thinks fit subject to such terms and conditions as the Director thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.