Malaysia legislation
Section 9
Section 9
New section 20a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 20
the following section:
“Compounding of offences 20a. (1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Public
(a)
any offence under this Act as an offence which may be compounded; and
(b)
the method and procedure for compounding such offence.
(2)
The Registrar may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act 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 Registrar 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.
(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 Registrar 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), no prosecution shall after that be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(6)
All sums of money received by the Registrar under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal
Consolidated Fund.”.
Trustees (Incorporation) (Amendment)
9
Amendment of section 21