Section 60A
Section 60A
(2)
Any investigating officer may in writing require the attendance before himself of a person who appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of that case or is suspected of being concerned with any offence under this Ordinance or the regulations made hereunder, under investigation.
(3)
If the person who is so required to attend fails to comply therewith, the investigating officer may report such failure to a
Magistrate who will issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person.
Power to compound offences 60B.—
The local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority may, with the consent in writing of the Public
Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Ordinance and any regulations made hereunder, by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority an amount of money not exceeding two-third of the maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his written offence.
(2)
If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under this section—
(a)
no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made;
(b)
any thing seized in connection with the offence may be disposed of by the local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority may subject to such terms as the local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority may think fit; and
(c)
a sum equivalent to—
(i)
the fee due and payable under this Ordinance, to the Government at the time of the commission of the offence; and
(ii)
any expense incurred, or damage suffered by the
Government by reason of the offence committed by that person, such expense or damage, shall be assessed by the local authority or any person duly authorized by local authority.
(4)
All sums of money received under this section shall be credited into the State Consolidated Fund.