Section 41C

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 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 after that in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made and where possession has been taken of any book, record, document or any other thing, such book, record, document or any other thing may be released subject to such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the conditions of the compound.

The amounts received under this section shall be paid into and form part of the

State Consolidated Fund.

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