174 No. 15 of 2009] Information and Communication Technologies Power of DirectorGeneral to compound certain offences 88. Where the Authority is satisfied, after an investigation, or where any person admits that the person has committed an offence under this Act, the Director-General may compound the offence by collecting from that person such sum of money as the DirectorGeneral considers appropriate, but not exceeding fifty percent of the maximum amount of the fine to which that person would have been liable on conviction, and no person having made such payment shall be thereafter prosecuted in relation to the offence so compounded. Offences cognizable 89. An offence under this Act shall be deemed to be a cognizable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code. Cap.88 PART XI GENERAL PROVISIONS Information to be furnished to Authority (1) The Authority may request any licensee to furnish within such period as the Authority may determine such documents and other information as the Authority may require for the better carrying out of its functions under this Act. (2) A person who fails to furnish information in accordance with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction; to a fine not exceeding eighty thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or to both. Regulations (1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for or with respect to any matter which by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act. (2) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, amend the Schedules to this Act. Repeal of Cap. 469 and cup. 169 92. The Telecommunications Act,1994 and the Radio Communications Act, 1994 are hereby repealed.