Malaysia legislation
Section 48
Section 48
(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.
(3)
If the amount specified in the offer made under subsection (1) is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
(4)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made and any feed, feed additive, receptacle, package, conveyance, contrivance, book, document, computerized data or other thing seized under this Enactment in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Director subject to such terms and conditions as the Director thinks fit to impose.
Prosecution