Section 36
of Sabah Biodiversity Enactment 2000
Section 36
The Director may in his discretion compound any offence committed by any person under this Enactment by making a written offer to the person suspected of committing the offence to compound the offence on payment to the Director of an amount of money not exceeding fifty percent of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence within the time specified in the offer.
(2)
An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for its has been instituted, and if the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within any extended period as the
Director may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after against the person to whom the offer was made.
(3)
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall after that be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.