Section 46
Who may prosecute
Prosecutions for offences against this Ordinance or any regulations made hereunder may be conducted by the Public
Prosecutor or any person authorized in writing by him under section 377 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].
[Sub. Cap. A76.]
Compounding of offences 46A.―(1) The State Water Authority may, by Order published in the Gazette,―
(a)
prescribe any offence under this Ordinance or regulations made under this Ordinance as compoundable offences and the procedure for compounding such offences; and
(b)
authorize the persons named therein who are officers of a water supply authority to compound such offences.
(2)
A person who in authorized to compound offences under subsection (1), may compound any such offence under this Ordinance or regulations made thereunder by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding one half of the maximum fine prescribed for such offence.
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(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection
(2)
, no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person whose offence has been compounded, and any document or thing seized in connection with the offence may be released to him by the water supply authority, subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
(4)
All sums collected for compounding an offence under subsection (2) shall be paid into the State Consolidated Fund or if so directed by the Minister, to an account specially designated by a water supply authority to receive such moneys.
[Ins. Cap. A126.]