Malaysia legislation
Section 235
Section 235
(2)
Any of the following persons, namely—
(a)
the Director General of Land Public Transport or any land public transport officer;
(b)
a Chief Police Officer, a Commissioner of Police or any police officer not below the rank of Inspector specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister responsible for the police;
(c)
the Director General of Road Transport or Director for
Road Transport or any road transport officer specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Director General of Road Transport;
(d)
the Dato Bandar;
(e)
the Perbadanan Putrajaya; or
(f)
an officer of the appropriate authority declared to be an appropriate authority under paragraph (a) of the definition of “appropriate authority” in section 67 of the Road
Transport Act 1987, specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister responsible for local government, may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence under subsection (1) by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the person making the offer to compound of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his or its written offer.
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(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, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the person making the offer to compound 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 (2), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any book, accounts, documents, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, motor vehicle, instrument or matter seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Director General of Land Public Transport or any land public transport officer subject to such terms and conditions as it or he thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.
(5)
The amount paid in relation to an offence which is compounded under this section shall be paid into the Fund.
Director General of Land Public Transport to be informed of convictions and compounds