Section 21A

The Officer in Charge of a Police District may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence punishable under section 9 or 15 by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Officer in Charge of the Police District of such amount of money not exceeding five thousand ringgit within such time as may be specified in the written offer.

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.

If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the Officer in Charge of the Police District may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.

Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any document or thing seized in connection with the offence may be released by the

Officer in Charge of the Police District, subject to such terms as the

Officer in Charge of the Police District thinks fit.