body; and (2) knowingly authorised or permitted the act or omission constituting the offence; shall be deemed to have committed the same offence and may be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Prosecutions 48. Compounding 49. of Offences Criminal proceedings under this Act shall be instituted by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions of Zimbabwe. Without prejudice to any other law in force in Zimbabwe, the Director of Public Prosecutions may, subject to voluntary admission of the commission of the offence, compound any offence punishable under this Act by accepting such amount specified as a fine to which the offender would have been liable if he had been convicted of that offence. PART VIII CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS (a) AMENDMENT OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, CHAPTER 12:05 Construction Chapter 12:05 50. Amendment of Section 88 51. This Part shall be read as one with the Postal and Telecommunications Act, Number 4 of 2012 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act” The principal Act is amended in Section 88 by deleting the said Section PART IX (b) AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW(CODIFICATION AND REFORM) ACT CHAPTER 9:23 Construction Criminal This Part shall be read as one with the Criminal Law (Codification And 52. Reform) Act Criminal Procedure Code hereinafter referred to as the