Section 26A: Compounding of offences
This section is inserted by Act No 12 of 2021, section 22.
consolidated text (as at 2018, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
26A. Compounding of offences
(1) The Council may, with the consent of the Director
of Public Prosecutions, compound any compoundable offence
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committed by a person where the person agrees, in writing, to pay
such amount not exceeding the maximum penalty specified for the
offence as may be acceptable to the Council.
(2) Every agreement to compound shall be final and
conclusive and on payment of the agreed amount, no further
proceedings in regard to the offence compounded shall be taken
against the person who agreed to the compounding.
(3) Where the Council compounds an offence in accordance
with this section, no further proceedings shall be initiated in respect
of the offence so compounded against the person.
(4) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions does not
give his consent to compound the offence or a person does not
agree to compound the offence, the Council may, with the consent
of the Director of Public Prosecutions, refer the case to the Police
for legal proceedings.
(5) The Council may cause to be published, in such form
and manner as it may determine, a public notice setting out the
particulars of the agreed amount under subsection (1).
(6) In this section –
“compoundable offence” means an offence committed
by a person under section 19(1), 19(7), 20(1), 20A(1)
or 20A(2), or under such other section as may be
prescribed.