Section 17
( 1) Any Game Officer not below the rank of Game
Warden may accept from any person who has committed an offence under this Act a sum of money, not exceeding $100, in compensation for the offence committed:
Provided that no offence against the provisions of para-graph (a) of subsection (2) of section 4 or section 7 shall be so compounded without the approval of the Chief Game
Warden.
(2)
On the payment of such sum of money the per-son shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be 11
Power to hold inquiry and attendance
Power to compound offences
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.'Power to seize property
Seizure of property when offender cannot be found
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Wild Life Protection taken against him, and such property, if any, (other than any protected animal or trophy or flesh thereof) which has been confiscated as provided in this Part shall be disposed of in such manner as the officer concerned shall think fit.
(3)
All sums of money received compensation under this section shall be credited to the general revenue of
Brunei.