Malaysia legislation
Section 20A
Section 20A
Compounding of offences
(a)
any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, as an offence which may be compounded; and
(b)
the method and procedure for compounding such offence.
(2)
The Chairman of the Lembaga or any public officer authorized in writing by the Chairman of the Lembaga may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, at any time before a charge is being instituted, compound any offence prescribed as an offence which may
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be compounded under this Act by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Chairman of the Lembaga of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in the written offer.
(3)
An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.
(4)
If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the Chairman of the
Lembaga may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
(5)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2)—
(a)
no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made; and
(b)
any Qur’anic text or Qur’anic material, document, record or anything seized in connection with the offence may be forfeited and disposed of or released by the Chairman of the Lembaga, subject to such terms and conditions as the
Chairman of the Lembaga thinks fit.
(6)
All moneys received by the Chairman of Lembaga under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated
Fund.
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