Industrial Co-Ordination Act 1975 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006
17. Power to compound certain offences
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where any person commits an offence under subsection 10(2) or section 15A, the licensing officer may at any time before the commencement of the hearing of the case against that person compound the offence and order him to pay such sum of money, not exceeding the amount of the maximum fine, as the licensing officer thinks fit.
licensing officer
“licensing officer” means any public officer appointed to be a licensing officer under section 3A;
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Where the licensing officer intends to compound an offence, he shall give notice in writing of his intention so to do to such person and the notice shall also specify—
the date and place of the commission of the offence and the offence committed;
the sum of money to be paid to compound the offence;
and
the date by which payment of the sum of money is to be made.
If such person agrees to have the offence compounded, he shall admit the commission of the offence and shall pay the specified sum of money by the specified date whereupon the licensing officer shall make an order that the offence is compounded and the order shall, mutatis mutandis, also contain the particulars specified in paragraphs (2)(a), (b) and (c).
An order made under this section compounding an offence shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal.
Terms defined in s 2
licensing officer
Defined · s 2“licensing officer” means any public officer appointed to be a licensing officer under section 3A;