Malaysia legislation
Section 29
of Rubber Industry Board Licensing And Permits Regulations 2015
Section 29
Compounding of offences
(1)
The Panel may compound any offence committed by any person under these
Regulations, by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence upon payment to the Panel of such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in the offer.
(2)
An offer to compound under subregulation (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.
(3)
Where the amount specified in the offer to compound under subregulation (1) is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Panel may grant, prosecution for that offence may be instituted at any time after such period against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.
(4)
Where an offence has been compound under subregulation (1), no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made and any rubber, raw rubber, thing, book, document or other article seized in connection with such offence may be released or forfeited by the Panel, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the conditions of the compound.
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