Section 15A
Power to compound offences
of Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority Act 1965
The Director General may, with the consent of the
Public Prosecutor, compound any offence under this Act or the regulations made under this Act which has been prescribed to be compoundable by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence such amount, not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence, within such time as may be specified in a written offer to compound made to such person.
(2)
An offer to compound under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.
(3)
Where the amount specified in the offer to compound is not paid within the time specified in that offer, or within such extended time as the Director General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(4)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall, within the time specified in subsection (3), be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(5)
The Director General may in writing delegate his functions and duties under this section to any officer of the Authority subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, but a delegation under this subsection shall not preclude the Director General from performing or exercising at any time the functions and duties that have been delegated.