Malaysia legislation
Section 49
Section 49
(2)
An offer to compound under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.
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(3)
Where the amount specified in the offer to compound under subsection (1) is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or within such extended period as the Board 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 compounded under subsection
(1)
, no prosecution shall be instituted after that in respect of the 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 the offence may be released or forfeited by the Board, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the conditions of the compound.
General Penalty