96 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
Offences by
body
corporate
153. Where an offence under this Act has been committed
by a body corporate, any person who at the time of the commission
of the offence was a director, manager or other principal officer of
the body corporate or was purporting to act in such capacity shall,
as well as such body corporate, be deemed to have committed that
offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without
his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to
prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have
exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that
capacity and to all the circumstances.
Penalty for
abetting, or
attempting to
commit
offences
154. Any person who abets the commission of any offence
punishable under this Act, or attempts to commit any offence so
punishable, shall, on conviction, be liable to the penalty provided
for that offence.
Power of the
Authority to
compound
certain
offences
155.(1) Where a person commits an offence under this
Act, the Director General may, at any time prior to the
commencement of court proceedings (a)
(b)
compound the offence other than offences related to
theft fraud, forgery and other similar offences ; and
order the person to pay a sum of money specified by
the Director General but not exceeding the amount of
the fine prescribed for the offence.
(2) The Director General may compound an offence under
this section if the person concerned admits in writing
that the person has committed the offence.
(3)
(3) Where the Director General compounds an offence
under this section, in accordance with the order referred to in subsection (1)
(a) shall be in writing, specifying the offence committed,
the sum of money to be paid and the date for
payment and have attached the written admission
referred to in sub-section (2);