Section 56
Compounding of offences
of National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011
(1)
The Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any
38 Laws of Malaysia person under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Director
General 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 his written offer.
(2)
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 if the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the
Director General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Director General, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.