Malaysia legislation
Section 67
Section 67
Compounding of offences
(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 where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1)—
(a)
no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person whom the offer to compound was made; and
(b)
any book, record, apparatus, equipment, instrument, material, article or any other thing seized in connection with the offence, may be forfeited, destroyed or returned to that person, as the Director General deems fit after taking into consideration the nature of the offence and subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed.
Institution of prosecution