Malaysia legislation
Section 120
Section 120
Provided that—
(a)
a Chief Police Officer, a Commissioner of Police or any police officer not below the rank of Inspector specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister charged with the responsibility for the police;
(b)
the Director General or Director or any road transport officer specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Director General;
(c)
the Dato Bandar;
(ca) the President or any officer of the Perbadanan Putrajaya specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the President;
(cb) the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal
Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council or the officers of the City Council or the Municipal Council specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal
Council, respectively;
(d)
the Director General of Highway Authority Malaysia or any officer specially authorized in writing by name or office in that behalf by the Director General of Highway
Authority Malaysia;
(e)
an officer of the appropriate authority specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister charged with the responsibility for local government, may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any such offence against this Act as may be prescribed as an offence
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which may be compounded by such officer or in the case of an officer mentioned in paragraph (d) or (e) any offence against any order or rules made by the appropriate authority under Part III, by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the same a sum of money not exceeding three hundred ringgit.
(2)
The Minister may make rules to prescribe the offences which may be compounded and the method and procedure therefor.
(3)
In this section, “appropriate authority” has the same meaning as in section 67.
Plea of guilty by letter and compounding shall not affect provision of policy of insurance