Section 15A

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.

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.

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.

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.

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