23. Section 27 of the principal. enactment is hereby section 27

repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —

rincipal enactment.

“ Compound-

27. ‘The ‘Director-General may compound ing ores.

. any offence under ‘section 4, 5 and 14 and may, before’ judgement stay or compound any proceeding thereunder. The Director-General may, as part of the compounding of any offence, order the ‘release of any boat, vessel, vehicle or article seized under section 20 on payment of a sum of money not exceeding the aggregated of the estimated

..value.of the boat, vessel, vehicle or article.

“A sums received

: py the. Director-General

“tor the “composition of an offence shall be applied in the x manner set out.in section 28.”