Section 42
Compounding of offences
of International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008
The Management Authority may, with the consent of the
Public Prosecutor, offer in writing to compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by regulations made under this Act by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence upon payment to the Management Authority 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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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 Management Authority may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
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(4)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made and any scheduled species, conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Management Authority, subject to such terms and conditions as the Management Authority thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.