(a) (b) forfeited to the Authority by order of the Court which tried the offence; and disposed of as the Authority may direct. Protection of telecommunications installations 57.(1) Any person who, intending to – (a) prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of any message; or (b) commit mischief, damages, removes, or tampers with any installation or plant belonging to an operator, commits an offence. (2) Any person who – (a) without permission of the telecommunication officer in charge enters the signal room of a telecommunication office of the Government or a person licensed under this Act; (b) enters a fenced enclosure around such telecommunication office in contravention of any rule or notice not to do so; (c) refuses to quit such room or enclosure on being requested to do so by any officer or servant employed there; or (d) wilfully obstructs any such officer or servant in the performance of their duty, commits an offence. Contravention of decisions of Authority 58. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a decision of the Authority commits an offence. Criminal liability of bodies corporate 59. Where a corporation commits an offence under this Act, any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation who directed, authorised, assented to, or acquiesced or participated in the commission of the offence shall be a party to and guilty of the offence, and shall be liable to the punishment provided for that offence in respect of an individual. General offence 60. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision or requirement of this Act or regulations made under this Act, commits an offence. General penalty 61. Any person who commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months. Authority for prosecution 62. The Attorney General may authorise employees or agents of the Authority to prosecute offences under this Act subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed. Compounding offences 63.(1) The Attorney General may, if satisfied that any person has committed an offence under this Act, instruct such person to pay a sum of money to the Authority by way of compounding such offence. (2) The payment shall not exceed the maximum fine prescribed for the offence nor be less than half the amount of the maximum fine prescribed. (3) Such payment shall be accepted only where the person suspected of having committed an offence has consented in writing to the offence being dealt with under this section. (4) In any proceedings brought against any person for an offence against this Act it shall be a good defence if that person proves that the offence has been compounded under this section. 19 19