Section 61
of Sabah Water Resources Enactment 1998
Section 61
(1)
The Director or any authorised person may in his discretion compound any
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offence against this Enactment or against any rule made thereunder, by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the same a sum not exceeding the maximum fine, as the Director or authorised person may determine.
(2)
The Director or authorised person making an offer of composition of any offence may require the payment of the sum so determined to be made forthwith or specify a period within which the payment is to be made as he may think reasonable and on such payment being made shall give a receipt to the person making such payment.
(3)
The payment forthwith, or within such period as the Director or authorised person may specify, of the sum so determined shall operate as a bar to any or any further penal proceedings in respect of such offence, in respect of which such composition was offered against the person making such payment.
(4)
No offence against this Enactment or against any rule or regulation made thereunder in respect of which a prosecution is actually pending shall be compounded under this section otherwise than with the consent of the Court before which such prosecution is pending.
Jurisdiction of courts.