Section 86
Compounding of offences
The Director or any authorised officer may compound any offence under this
Enactment or any of its subsidiary legislation, by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence, including the daily fine, if any, in the case of a continuing offence, to which that person would have been liable if he had been convicted of the offence, within such time as may be specified in its written offer.
(2)
Any money paid to the Director or any authorised officer shall be paid into and form part of the State Consolidated Fund.
(3)
An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the Director or any authorised officer 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 be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.