Section 101A
Power to compound offence
of Penang Port Commission Act 1955
ActIn forceProvision 144 of 153
Section 101A
(1)
The Minister may by order to be published in the Gazette prescribe any offence against the provisions of this Act or of any regulations or by-laws made thereunder as an offence which may be compounded by the Commission.
(2)
The General Manager may in his discretion compound such offence prescribed under subsection (1) by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed any such offence a sum of money not exceeding five hundred ringgit.
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(3)
The Minister may by the same order made under subsection (1) prescribe the method and procedure for compounding any offence against the provisions of this Act or of any regulations or by-laws made thereunder.