National Parks Ordinance (Amendment) Act, 1962 (No. 27 of 1962)

No. 37 National Parks Ordinance (Amendment) TANGANYIKA No. 37 OF 1962 1962 I ASSENT. 155 R. G. TURNBULL, Governor-General 11TH JULY, 1962 An Act to amend the National Parks Ordinance {13TH JULY, 1962] ENACTED by the Parliament of Tanganyika. I. This Act may be cited as the National Parks Ordinance (Amend- Short title ment) Act, 1962, and shall be read as one with the National Parks ~~struction Ordinance (hereinafter called the Ordinance). Cap. 412 2. The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after New section section 20 thereof the following new section to be numbered 20A: - ~~~~~~ff "Power to 20A.-(1) Any officer of the Trustees, other than any such ~ff~rf~~nd officer whose appointment is honorary. who is authorized in writing in that behalf by the Trustees may, if he is satisfied that any person has committed an offence against this Ordi nance or any regulations made thereunder, compound such offence by accepting from such person a sum of money: Provided that (i) such sum of money shall not exceed two hundred shillings; (ii) the power conferred by this section shall only be exercised where the person admits that he has committed the offence and agrees in writing to the offence being dealt with under this section; (iii) the officer exercising the power conferred by this section shall give to the person from whom he receives such sum of money a receipt therefor and shall as soon as practicable report the exercise of such power to the Trustees and to the admini strative officer in charge of the area in which the offence was committed; (iv) subject to subsection (2), if any proceedings are brought against any such person for an offence against this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder it shall be a good defence if such person proves that the offence with which he is charged has been compounded under this section; 156 No. 37 National Parks Ordinance (Amendment) 1962 (v) any sum of money received under this section shall be dealt with as if the sum of money were a fine imposed by a court. (2) Where an offence is compounded under the provisions of this section, a court may make an order under subsection (2) of section 21 as if the person concerned had been convicted by that court of that offence: Provided that no such order shall be made unless the person concerned has first had an apportunity of showing cause against the making thereof.". Passed in the National Assembly on the fifth day of June, J962. G. W. Y. HUCKS, Clerk of the National Assembly