Tourism Industry Act 1992 · Updated to 1 Dec 2020 · Part V · General
39. Power to compound offences
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Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Tourism appointed under section 4;
Public Prosecutor, compound any offence under this Act which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence by requiring a person reasonably suspected of committing the offence to pay a sum of money not exceeding fifty per cent of the amount of the maximum fine to which that person should have been liable if he had been convicted of the offence.
prescribed
“prescribed”, where no mode is mentioned, means prescribed by this Act or any regulations made under this Act;
An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified, or during such extended period as may be granted by the Commissioner, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.