Malaysia legislation
Section 21
Seksyen 21
Akta ibu dipinda dengan memasukkan selepas seksyen 32
seksyen yang berikut:
“Compounding of offences 32a. (1) The Minister may, with the approval of the
(a)
any offence under this Act and any regulations made under this Act as an offence which may be compounded; and
(b)
the method and procedure for compounding such offence.
(2)
The Director General of Health or any Drug Enforcement
Officer appointed by the Director General of Health may, with the written consent of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and any regulations made under this Act and prescribed to be
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a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the person suspected of committing the offence to compound the offence on payment to the Director General of Health of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per cent of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence within the time specified in the 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
Director General of Health 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 this section—
(a)
no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made; and
(b)
any substance, goods or article seized in connection with the offence, shall be forfeited, destroyed or released by the Director General of Health subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed.”.
Seksyen baharu 34a, 34b dan 34c