body; and (2) knowingly authorised or permitted the act or omission constituting the offence; shall be deemed to have committed the same offence and may be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Prosecutions Compounding of Offences 47. Criminal proceedings under this Act shall be instituted by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Kingdom of Lesotho. 48. Without prejudice to any other law enforce in Kingdom of Lesotho, the Director of Public Prosecutions may, subject to voluntary admission of the commission of the offence, compound any offence punishable under this Act by accepting such amount specified as a fine to which the offender would have been liable if he had been convicted of that offence. PART VIII CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS (a) AMENDMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT, NUMBER 4 OF 2012 Construction Communications Act, 20.. 49. This Part shall be read as one with the Communications Act, Number 4 of 2012 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act” 50. Amendment Section 44 of The principal Act is amended in Section 44 by deleting paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and (g) of Sub-section (1) PART IX