PERATURAN-PERATURAN RACUN (PENGKOMPAUNAN KESALAHAN) 2023

Jadual Kedua.

(2)

Suatu tawaran untuk mengkompaun suatu kesalahan adalah sah bagi tempoh tiga puluh hari bermula dari tarikh tawaran itu diterima oleh orang yang kepadanya tawaran itu dibuat atau apa-apa tempoh lanjutan yang boleh diberikan oleh

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan dan jika pembayaran penuh bagi jumlah yang ditawarkan itu dibuat dalam tempoh tiga puluh hari atau apa-apa tempoh lanjutan yang diberikan itu,

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tiada prosiding selanjutnya boleh diambil terhadap orang yang telah melakukan kesalahan itu.

Penyetujuterimaan kompaun 4.

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

Borang 3 Jadual Kedua dan mengembalikan Borang 3 itu kepada Ketua Pengarah

Kesihatan atau mana-mana Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Dadah yang dilantik oleh

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan.

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

(2)

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

(3)

Suatu resit rasmi yang dikeluarkan di bawah subperaturan (2) hendaklah termasuk apa-apa resit elektronik jika pembayaran dibuat melalui pemindahan wang secara elektronik.

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 berikut ditetapkan sebagai kesalahan yang boleh dikompaun:

(a)

kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah peruntukan Akta Racun 1952 [Akta 366]

seperti yang berikut:

(i)

subseksyen 8(3);

(ii)

subseksyen 9(3);

(iii)

seksyen 13;

(iv)

subseksyen 15(2A);

(v)

subseksyen 15(5);

(vi)

subseksyen 15(7);

(ix)

subseksyen 19(4);

(x)

subseksyen 21(7);

(xi)

subseksyen 23(4);

(b)

kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah peruntukan Peraturan-Peraturan Racun

(Natrium Hidroksida), 1962 [L.N. 145/1962] seperti yang berikut:

(i)

peraturan 3; dan

(ii)

peraturan 7.

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JADUAL KEDUA

BORANG 1

[Subperaturan 2(2)]

KEIZINAN UNTUK MENGKOMPAUN KESALAHAN

PADA menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh subseksyen 32A(2) Akta Racun 1952

[Akta 366] 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

No. Rujukan

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

Tarikh

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

Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia

Kepada:

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

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

*Tuan/Puan,

Suatu penyiasatan telah dijalankan terhadap anda …….......................................................................

(nyatakan nama * individu/syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain) dan anda didapati telah melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta Racun 1952 [Akta 366]/peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta itu dengan butir-butir seperti yang berikut:

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

:

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

:

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

:

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

:

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

2.

Menurut subseksyen 32A(2) Akta Racun 1952, dengan keizinan bertulis

Pendakwa Raya, anda ditawarkan suatu kompaun bagi kesalahan yang dinyatakan di atas bagi jumlah wang sebanyak RM.................................... (……………………..………. (dalam perkataan)

ringgit sahaja).

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Sekiranya tawaran untuk mengkompaun ini disetuju terima, bayaran hendaklah dibuat melalui kad kredit, kad debit, kad caj 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 bagi tempoh tiga puluh hari bermula dari tarikh tawaran ini diterima oleh anda.

6.

Jika 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)

tanpa notis selanjutnya.

* Potong mana-mana yang tidak berkenaan

** Nyatakan butiran dan gunakan lampiran jika perlu

………………………………………………………………….

*Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan/

Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Dadah yang dilantik oleh Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan

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BORANG 3

[Peraturan 4]

PENYETUJUTERIMAAN TAWARAN UNTUK MENGKOMPAUN KESALAHAN

Kepada:

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

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

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

*Tuan/Puan,

Saya merujuk kepada Tawaran untuk Mengkompaun Kesalahan dengan nombor rujukan ………………..... bertarikh ……..........……………. .

2.

Saya mengaku bahawa saya telah melakukan kesalahan ini dan saya menerima tawaran untuk mengkompaun itu dan disertakan bersama-sama ini bukti pembayaran melalui *kad kredit/kad debit/kad caj/pemindahan wang secara elektronik sebanyak

RM............................. (............................................................................. (dalam perkataan) ringgit sahaja)

sebagai penyelesaian penuh bagi jumlah wang yang dinyatakan dalam perenggan 2

Tawaran untuk Mengkompaun Kesalahan.

Tandatangan

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

**Nama (dalam huruf besar)

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

*No. Kad Pengenalan/No. Pasport

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

***Untuk dan bagi pihak (jika berkenaan) : ………...…............................................................................

(nama *syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain)

***No. Pendaftaran Syarikat/No. Lesen/No. Permit (jika berkenaan):

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

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Alamat:

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

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

Tarikh

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

* Potong mana-mana yang tidak berkenaan

** Nama orang yang kepadanya tawaran untuk mengkompaun itu dibuat atau nama pengarah bagi pihak syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain

*** Dalam hal jika tawaran untuk mengkompaun itu dibuat kepada syarikat/perniagaan/badan lain

Dibuat 26 Disember 2023

DATUK SERI DR. HAJI DZULKEFLY BIN AHMAD

Menteri Kesihatan

Diluluskan 26 Disember 2023

DATUK AHMAD TERRIRUDIN BIN MOHD SALLEH

Pendakwa Raya Malaysia

[Akan dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat menurut subseksyen 35(3) Akta Racun 1952]

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IN exercise of the powers conferred by subsection 32A(1) of the Poisons Act 1952

[Act 366], 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 Poisons (Compounding of

Offences) Regulations 2023.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2024.

Compoundable offences 2.

(1)

The offences specified in the First Schedule are prescribed as 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 an offence which may be compounded has been committed, the Director General of Health or any

Drug Enforcement Officer appointed by the Director General of Health may, with the written consent 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 thirty days starting from the date the offer is received by the person to whom the offer is made or such extended period as the Director General of Health may grant and if full payment of the sum offered is made within the period of thirty 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 an offence which may be compounded shall accept the offer in Form 3 of the Second Schedule and return the Form 3 to the Director General of Health or any Drug Enforcement Officer appointed by the Director General of Health.

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

(2)

An official receipt shall be issued for every payment received under subregulation (1) to the person to whom the offer to compound an offence is made.

(3)

An official receipt issued under subregulation (2) 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 following offences are prescribed to be offences which may be compounded:

(a)

the offences committed under the provisions of the Poisons Act 1952 [Act 366]

as follows:

(i)

subsection 8(3);

(ii)

subsection 9(3);

(iii)

section 13;

(iv)

subsection 15(2A);

(v)

subsection 15(5);

(vi)

subsection 15(7);

(ix)

subsection 19(4);

(x)

subsection 21(7);

(xi)

subsection 23(4);

(b)

the offences committed under the provisions of the Poisons (Sodium Hydroxide)

Regulations, 1962 [L.N. 145/1962] as follows:

(i)

regulation 3; and

(ii)

regulation 7.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

FORM 1

[Subregulation 2(2)]

CONSENT TO COMPOUND OFFENCE

IN exercise of the powers conferred by subsection 32A(2) of the Poisons Act 1952

[Act 366] 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 OFFENCE

Reference No.

:

…………………………...……….

Date

:

……………...…………………….

Ministry of Health Malaysia

To :

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

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

*Sir/Madam,

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

(state the name of *individual/company/business/other body) and you are found to have committed an offence under the Poisons Act 1952 [Act 366]/regulations made under the Act with the following particulars:

(a)

relevant provision of the *Act/regulations:

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

(b)

date

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

(c)

time

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

(d)

place or premises

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

(e)

particulars of offence**

: ………...………….………………………..…………………………….

2.

Pursuant to subsection 32A(2) of the Poisons Act 1952, with the written consent of the Public Prosecutor, you are offered a compound for the offence stated above for

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the sum of RM……………………………………..… (................................................................... (in words)

ringgit only).

3.

If the offer to compound is accepted, payment shall be made through credit card, debit card, charge 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 the period of thirty days starting from the date the offer is received by you.

6.

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

……………………………………………..…...…. (state the name of *individual/company/business/other body)

without further notice.

* Delete whichever is inapplicable

**State details and use appendix if necessary

………………………………………………………………….……

*Director General of Health/

Drug Enforcement Officer appointed by the Director General of Health

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FORM 3

[Regulation 4]

ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER TO COMPOUND OFFENCE

To:

……………………………………………………………………….

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

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

*Sir/Madam,

I refer to the Offer to Compound Offence bearing the reference number …................................

dated ….............................. .

2.

I admit that I have committed this offence and I accept the offer to compound and enclosed herewith is the proof of payment through *credit card/debit card/charge card/an electronic fund transfer for the sum of

RM…............................

(………………………………………………………………….…. (in words) ringgit only) as full settlement of the sum stipulated in paragraph 2 of the Offer to Compound Offence.

Signature

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

**Name (in capital letter)

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

*Identification No./Passport No.

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

***For and on behalf (if applicable) :………………....................................................…………………..…….

(name of *company/business/other body)

***Company Registration No./Licence No./Permit No. (if applicable):

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

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Address:

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

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

Date

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

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

* Delete whichever is inapplicable

** Name of the person to whom the offer to compound is made or name of the director on behalf of company/business/other body

*** In the case where the offer to compound is made to company/business/other body

Made 26 December 2023

DATUK SERI DR. HAJI DZULKEFLY BIN AHMAD

Minister of Health

Approved 26 December 2023

DATUK AHMAD TERRIRUDIN BIN MOHD SALLEH

Public Prosecutor of Malaysia

[To be laid before the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection 35(3)

of the Poisons Act 1952]