Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Offer to compound
(1)
The Director may compound any offence specified in regulation 4 by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence of such amount as prescribed in the Enactment within such time as maybe specified in the offer.
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(2)
An offer under subregulation (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director may grant, prosecution for the offence maybe instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under this regulation, no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(4)
An offer to compound shall be in Form A.
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