Minimum Retirement Age Act 2012 · Updated to 1 Nov 2016 · Part V · General
17. Compounding of offences
Feedback & supportThe Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any employer under this Act which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the employer suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the
employer
“employer” means any person who has entered into a contract of service to employ another person as an employee and includes an agent, a manager or factor of the first-mentioned person;
Director General of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within the time specified in the offer.
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 withnin such extended period as the Director General may grant, the prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the employer to whom the offer was made.
If an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the employer to whom the offer to compound was made.