Section 154
Power to compound
of Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010
The Authority may, with the written consent of the
Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act by making a written offer to such person
Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities 151
to compound the offence upon payment to the Authority, within such time as may be specified in the offer, such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence.
(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 under subsection (1)
is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Authority may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
(4)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(5)
Any money received by the Authority under this section shall be paid into and form part of the fund established under section 29 of the Labuan Financial Services Authority Act 1996.