PERATURAN-PERATURAN PETUNJUK GEOGRAFI (PENGKOMPAUNAN KESALAHAN) 2026

Seseorang yang menyetuju terima tawaran untuk mengkompaun suatu kesalahan yang boleh dikompaun hendaklah menyetuju terima tawaran itu dalam Borang 3

Jadual Kedua dan mengembalikan Borang 3 itu kepada Pengawal.

Pembayaran kompaun 5.

(1)

Jika suatu tawaran untuk mengkompaun suatu kesalahan disetuju terima oleh orang yang kepadanya tawaran itu dibuat, dia hendaklah membayar kompaun itu melalui—

(a)

wang tunai atau melalui kiriman wang, wang pos atau draf bank yang dipalang dengan perkataan “Akaun Penerima Sahaja”

yang kena dibayar kepada Pengawal; atau

(b)

kad kredit, kad debit, kad caj, kad prabayar atau apa-apa bentuk pemindahan wang secara elektronik yang lain.

(2)

Pembayaran yang dibuat di bawah perenggan (1)(a) hendaklah diserahkan sendiri atau dihantar melalui pos berdaftar di alamat yang dinyatakan dalam Borang 2 Jadual Kedua.

(3)

Pengawal hendaklah mengeluarkan suatu resit rasmi bagi tiap-tiap pembayaran yang diterima di bawah subperaturan (1) kepada orang yang kepadanya tawaran untuk mengkompaun kesalahan itu dibuat.

(4)

Suatu resit rasmi yang dikeluarkan di bawah subperaturan (3) hendaklah termasuk apa-apa resit elektronik jika pembayaran dibuat melalui pemindahan wang secara elektronik.

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Pendakwaan boleh dimulakan jika tiada pembayaran dibuat 6.

Jika tiada pembayaran bagi kompaun yang ditawarkan itu dibuat dalam tempoh yang dinyatakan dalam subperaturan 3(2), pendakwaan boleh dimulakan tanpa notis selanjutnya.

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JADUAL PERTAMA

[Subperaturan 2(1)]

KESALAHAN YANG BOLEH DIKOMPAUN

Kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah peruntukan Akta Petunjuk Geografi 2022 [Akta 836]

yang berikut ditetapkan sebagai kesalahan yang boleh dikompaun:

(a)

subseksyen 34(3);

(b)

perenggan 35(1)(a);

(c)

perenggan 35(1)(b);

(d)

perenggan 35(1)(c);

(e)

perenggan 36(a);

(f)

perenggan 36(b);

(g)

perenggan 36(c);

(h)

perenggan 36(d);

(i)

perenggan 37(1)(a);

(j)

perenggan 37(1)(b);

(k)

subseksyen 38(2);

(l)

subseksyen 43(5);

(m)

subseksyen 45(1);

(n)

seksyen 47;

(o)

perenggan 48(a);

(p)

perenggan 48(b);

(q)

subseksyen 51(8);

(r)

perenggan 54(1)(a);

(s)

perenggan 54(1)(b);

(t)

perenggan 60(a); dan

(u)

perenggan 60(b).

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JADUAL KEDUA

BORANG 1

[Subperaturan 2(2)]

KEIZINAN UNTUK MENGKOMPAUN KESALAHAN

PADA menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh seksyen 65 Akta Petunjuk Geografi

[Akta 836]

dan subseksyen 376(3)

Kanun

Tatacara

Jenayah

[Akta 593], saya .....…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................

(nama) dengan ini memberikan keizinan untuk mengkompaun .....................................................

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(nama orang yang kepadanya tawaran kompaun itu dibuat) bagi kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah ....................………………………………………………………………………………

yang dikatakan telah dilakukan pada ....................……………………………………............... (tarikh)

di ……………………………………………………………………...………………………………………… (tempat).

Tarikh:

……………………………………………

Pendakwa Raya/

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya

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BORANG 2

[Subperaturan 3(1)]

TAWARAN UNTUK MENGKOMPAUN KESALAHAN

Pengawal,

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

Kepada:

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

Cawangan: ………………………….…………………........

Tempat: ……………………………………………

No. Laporan Polis: ……………………………………….

Tarikh: ……………...……………………………...

No. Laporan Cawangan: …………………………........

*Tuan/Puan,

Suatu penyiasatan telah dijalankan terhadap anda/ .............................................................................

(nyatakan nama *syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain dan nombor pendaftaran, jika ada) dan anda didapati telah melakukan kesalahan di bawah Akta Petunjuk Geografi 2022

[Akta 836] dengan butir-butir seperti yang berikut:

(a)

peruntukan **Akta yang berkaitan:

........................................................................................................................................................................

(b)

tarikh: .........................................................................................................................................................

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(c)

masa: ......................................................................................................................................................….

(d)

tempat: .......................................................................................................................................................

(e)

butir-butir kesalahan: ..........................................................................................................................

………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………...…...

2.

Menurut seksyen 65 Akta Petunjuk Geografi 2022, dengan keizinan secara bertulis

Pendakwa Raya, anda ditawarkan suatu kompaun bagi kesalahan yang dinyatakan di atas bagi jumlah wang sebanyak RM…………………………………………………………………………

(……………………………………………………………………………… (dalam perkataan) ringgit sahaja).

3.

Sekiranya tawaran kompaun disetuju terima, bayaran hendaklah dibuat melalui—

(a)

wang tunai atau melalui *kiriman wang/wang pos/draf bank dipalang perkataan “Akaun Penerima Sahaja” yang kena dibayar kepada Pengawal dan hendaklah diserahkan sendiri atau dihantar melalui pos berdaftar ke alamat yang berikut:

……………..………………………………………………………………………………………….……

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…….…………...………………………………………………………………………………….…..……

.……………………………………………………………………………………………………..; atau

(b)

*kad kredit/kad debit/kad caj/kad prabayar atau apa-apa bentuk pemindahan wang secara elektronik yang lain.

4.

Suatu resit rasmi akan dikeluarkan apabila pembayaran kompaun itu diterima.

5.

Tawaran untuk mengkompaun ini sah sehingga tempoh empat belas hari bermula dari tarikh tawaran ini diterima oleh anda.

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Sekiranya tiada bayaran diterima dalam tempoh yang disebut dalam perenggan 5, pendakwaan bagi kesalahan itu boleh dimulakan terhadap anda

.................................................................................................................................................... (nyatakan nama

*individu/syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain dan nombor pendaftaran jika ada) tanpa notis selanjutnya.

……………………….................... …………………...................……………

Tarikh: Pengawal

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Potong mana-mana yang tidak berkenaan

**Masukkan nama perundangan yang berkaitan

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BORANG 3

[Peraturan 4]

PENYETUJUTERIMAAN TAWARAN UNTUK MENGKOMPAUN KESALAHAN

Kepada:

Pengawal,

……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………….

*Tuan/Puan,

Saya merujuk kepada Borang 2 dengan nombor rujukan ..................................................

bertarikh …………………................................................

Cawangan: ………………………….…………………........

Tempat: ……………………………………………

No. Laporan Polis: ………………………………………. Tarikh: ……………...……………………………...

No. Laporan Cawangan: …………………………........

2.

Saya mengaku bahawa saya telah melakukan kesalahan itu dan saya menerima tawaran untuk mengkompaun itu dan disertakan bersama dengan ini pembayaran melalui *wang tunai/kiriman wang/wang pos/draf bank No. …………………………………………

dipalang dengan perkataan “Akaun Penerima Sahaja” yang kena dibayar kepada

Pengawal atau melalui

*kad kredit/kad debit/kad caj/kad prabayar atau apa-apa bentuk pemindahan wang secara elektronik yang lain sebanyak

RM ...............………………………………………………..……… (……….………………………………………………

(dalam perkataan) ringgit sahaja) sebagai penyelesaian penuh bagi jumlah wang yang dinyatakan dalam perenggan 2 Borang 2.

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Tandatangan

: ……………………………...................................................................

Nama (dalam huruf besar)

: …...…………......................................................................................

*No. Kad Pengenalan/No. Pasport : ……………….....................................................................................

Untuk dan bagi pihak

: …………………………………………………………………………….

(jika berkenaan)

(nama *syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain)

No. Pendaftaran/No. Lesen

: ...........................................................................................................

(jika berkenaan)

Cop rasmi *syarikat/perniagaan/ : …………………………………………………………………………….

badan lain (jika berkenaan)

Alamat

: ……………….....................................................................................

…………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………….

Tarikh

: …………….........................................................................................

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Potong mana-mana yang tidak berkenaan

Dibuat 8 April 2026

DATUK ARMIZAN BIN MOHD ALI

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup

Diluluskan 10 April 2026

TAN SRI MOHD DUSUKI BIN MOKHTAR

Pendakwa Raya Malaysia

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IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 65

of the

Geographical Indications Act 2022

[Act 836], the Minister, with the approval of the Public Prosecutor, makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement 1.

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Geographical Indications

(Compounding of Offences) Regulations 2026.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on 15 April 2026.

Compoundable offences 2.

(1)

The offences specified in the First Schedule are prescribed to be compoundable offences.

(2)

The compoundable offences may be compounded with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor in Form 1 of the Second Schedule.

Procedure for compounding 3.

(1)

Upon receipt of any information or complaint that a compoundable offence has been committed, the Controller may, with the consent in writing of the

Public Prosecutor referred to in subregulation 2(2), issue an offer to compound the offence in Form 2 of the Second Schedule.

(2)

An offer to compound an offence shall be valid for a period of fourteen days starting from the date the offer is received by the person to whom the offer is made or such extended period as the Controller may grant in writing, and if full payment of the sum offered is made on or before the expiry of the period of fourteen days or such extended period granted, no further proceedings shall be taken against the person who committed such offence.

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Acceptance of compound 4.

A person who accepts an offer to compound a compoundable offence shall accept the offer in Form 3 of the Second Schedule and return the Form 3 to the Controller.

Payment of compound 5.

(1)

If an offer to compound an offence is accepted by the person to whom the offer is made, he shall pay the compound by—

(a)

cash or by money order, postal order or bank draft crossed with the words “Account Payee Only” made payable to the Controller; or

(b)

credit card, debit card, charge card, prepaid card or any other forms of electronic fund transfer.

(2)

The payment made under paragraph (1)(a) shall be delivered personally or sent by prepaid registered post to the address specified in Form 2 of the

Second Schedule.

(3)

The Controller shall issue an official receipt for every payment received under subregulation (1) to the person to whom the offer to compound an offence is made.

(4)

An official receipt issued under subregulation (3) shall include any electronic receipt if the payment is made through an electronic fund transfer.

Prosecution may be instituted if no payment made 6.

If no payment of the compound offered is made within the period specified in subregulation 3(2), prosecution may be instituted without further notice.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

[Subregulation 2(1)]

COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCES

The offences committed under the following provisions of the Geographical Indications

Act 2022 [Act 836] are prescribed as compoundable offences:

(a)

subsection 34(3);

(b)

paragraph 35(1)(a);

(c)

paragraph 35(1)(b);

(d)

paragraph 35(1)(c);

(e)

paragraph 36(a);

(f)

paragraph 36(b);

(g)

paragraph 36(c);

(h)

paragraph 36(d);

(i)

paragraph 37(1)(a);

(j)

paragraph 37(1)(b);

(k)

subsection 38(2);

(l)

subsection 43(5);

(m)

subsection 45(1);

(n)

section 47;

(o)

paragraph 48(a);

(p)

paragraph 48(b);

(q)

subsection 51(8);

(r)

paragraph 54(1)(a);

(s)

paragraph 54(1)(b);

(t)

paragraph 60(a); and

(u)

paragraph 60(b).

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SECOND SCHEDULE

FORM 1

[Subregulation 2(2)]

CONSENT TO COMPOUND OFFENCES

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 65 of the Geographical Indications

Act 2022 [Act 836] and subsection 376(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593],

I ……………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………

(name) hereby give consent to compound …………………………………………………………………

……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(name of the person to whom the compound offer is made) for the offence committed under ………………………………………………………………… which is said to have been committed on ……….…………………………………………………………………..…………………………………… (date)

at …………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………… (place).

Date:

……………………………………………

Public Prosecutor/

Deputy Public Prosecutor

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FORM 2

[Subregulation 3(1)]

OFFER TO COMPOUND OFFENCES

Controller,

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

To:

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

Branch: ………………………….………….......………

Place: …………......……...…………………………

Police Report No.: ….……………………………….

Date: ……….……….……..………………………...

Branch Report No.: ...........…………………………

*Sir/Madam,

An investigation has been conducted against you/……………………………………….……………….

(state name of *company/business/other body and the registration number, if any) and you are found to have committed the offence under the Geographical Indications Act 2022

[Act 836] with the following particulars:

(a)

relevant provisions of the **Act:

……………………………………………………………………………..………………………………….………

(b)

date: ………………….…………………………….……………………..………………………...……..............

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(c)

time: ………………………..……………………………………………...………………………...…….............

(d)

place: ………………………………..………………………….…………..…………………………...……........

(e)

particulars of offence: …………….…………………………………..……………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………….……..……………………………………

2.

Pursuant to section 65 of the Geographical Indications Act 2022, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, you are offered a compound for the offence stated above for the sum of RM ……………………………………………………………………………………

(……………………………………………………………………………………………… (in words) ringgit only).

3.

If the offer to compound is accepted, payment shall be made by—

(a)

cash or by *money order/postal order/bank draft crossed with the words

“Account Payee Only” made payable to the Controller and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered post to the following address:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………...; or

(b)

*credit card/debit card/charge card/prepaid card or any other forms of electronic fund transfer.

4. An official receipt shall be issued on receipt of payment of the compound.

5. This offer to compound shall be valid for a period of fourteen days starting from the date the offer is received by you.

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If no payment is received within the period referred to in paragraph 5, the prosecution for the offence may be instituted against you

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (state name of

*individual/company/business/other body and the registration number, if any)

without further notice.

……………………….................... …………………...................……………

Date: Controller

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Delete whichever is inapplicable

**Insert citation of relevant legislation

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FORM 3

[Regulation 4]

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES) REGULATIONS 2026

ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER TO COMPOUND OFFENCES

To:

Controller,

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

*Sir/Madam,

I refer to Form 2 bearing the reference number ……………………………………………….

dated ………………………………………………………….

Branch: ……………………………………………….......….

Place: …………….………………………

Police Report No: …………………………………..........

Date: ……………………………………...

Branch Report No: ……………………………………....

2.

I admit I have committed the offence and I accept the offer to compound and enclosed herewith the payment by *cash/money order/postal order/bank draft No.

………………………..…… crossed with the words “Account Payee Only” made payable to the

Controller or by *credit card/debit card/charge card/prepaid card or any other forms of electronic fund transfer for the sum of RM ……………….....................................

(……………..……..........................……………….......... (in words) ringgit only) as full settlement of the sum stipulated in paragraph 2 of Form 2.

Signature

: ……………………...............…………………………………………….

Name (in capital letter)

: ………………………………..............…………………………………..

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*Identification Card No./

: …………………………………………………………………………….

Passport No.

For and on behalf

: ………………………………….……………….………………………...

(if applicable)

(name of *company/business/other body)

Registration No./License No.

: ………………………….…………………………………………………

(if applicable)

Official stamp of *company/

: …...………………………….…..………………………………………...

business/other body

(if applicable)

Address

: …………………………………………………..………………………...

...………....……………………………………………………………….

………………………………..…………………..……………………….

Date

: ……………...…..…………………………………………………………

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Delete whichever is inapplicable

Made 8 April 2026

DATUK ARMIZAN BIN MOHD ALI

Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living

Approved 10 April 2026

TAN SRI MOHD DUSUKI BIN MOKHTAR

Public Prosecutor of Malaysia