Section 62
Compounding of offences
of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe any offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder as an offence which may be compounded.
(2)
The Director General may at any time before conviction compound any of the offences prescribed under subsection (1) as an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding the amount of the maximum fine to which the person would have been liable to if he had been convicted of the offence:
Provided that the Director General shall not exercise his powers under this section unless the person in writing admits that he has committed the offence and requests the Director General to deal with the offence under this section.