Private Employment Agencies Act 1981 s 32

Sections 15–17 and 24–25 were repealed by later amendments.

s 32 Power to compound offences

(1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Public Prosecutor, make regulations prescribing— (a) any offence under this Act and any regulations made under the Act that may be compounded; (b) the criteria for compounding such offence; and (c) the method and procedure for compounding such offence. (2) The Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence, except offences under subsections 7(2), 13b(2), 13c(2), 13e(7), 13g(2), 18(2) and section 28 committed by any person under this Act or any regulations made under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Director General of such amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his written offer. (3) An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted. (4) If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended time as the Director General may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made. (5) Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any document or thing seized in connection with the offence may be released by the Director General, subject to such terms as he thinks fit. (6) All sums of money received by the Director General under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund. First Schedule [Sections 8, 9a, 11, 13a, 13d, 13e, 13f, 14, 14a, 14b, 28] Types of Fee Total Fee (1) (2) (1) For establishment of private employment agency (a) Licence Fee RM500 (b) Processing Fees (i) Application for licence RM300 (ii) Renewal of licence RM100 (iii) Application for licence RM100 for a branch (iv) Replacement of RMl00 licence (v) Application for changing RM100 category of licence (vi) Identification document RM50 (vii) Replacement of RM50 identification document (2) Fee imposed on job seeker or non-citizen employee (a) Registration Fees (i) F e e i m p o s e d f o r RM30 and below registration of all categories of employment within Malaysia to a job seeker, the registration to be valid for all categories of employment for a period of twelve months. Types of Fee Total Fee (1) (2) (ii) F e e i m p o s e d f o r RM50 and below registration of all categories of employment outside Malaysia to a job seeker, the registration to be valid for all categories of employment for a period of six months. (b) Placement Fees (i) Job seeker who is Not more than 25% of the basic employed within wages for the first monthly wages Malaysia (ii) Job seeker who is Not more than 25% of the basic employed outside wages for the first monthly wages Malaysia (iii) Non-citizen employee Not more than one month of the basic who is employed wages for the first monthly wages within Malaysia Second Schedule [Sections 8, 9, 9a, 11, l3e, l3f, 14c, 14d] Category of Licence Paid-up Money Money capital Guarantee Guarantee to establish a new (1) (2) (3) branch (4) Licence A— RM50,000 RM5,000 RM5,000 Job placement for a job seeker within Malaysia Licence B— RM100,000 RM100,000 RM30,000 Job placement for a job seeker within and outside Malaysia, and foreign domestic servant within Malaysia Licence C— RM250,000 RM250,000 RM100,000 Job placement for a job seeker within and outside Malaysia, and non-citizen employee within Malaysia LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa untuk mengkompaun kesalahan

(1) Menteri boleh, dengan keizinan Pendakwa Raya, membuat peraturan-peraturan untuk menetapkan— (a) mana-mana kesalahan di bawah Akta ini dan apa-apa peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini yang boleh dikompaun; (b) kriteria bagi mengkompaun kesalahan itu; dan (c) kaedah dan tatacara bagi mengkompaun kesalahan itu. (2) Ketua Pengarah boleh, dengan keizinan bertulis Pendakwa Raya, mengkompaun apa-apa kesalahan, kecuali kesalahan di bawah subseksyen 7(2), 13b(2), 13c(2), 13e(7), 13g(2), 18(2) dan seksyen 28 yang dilakukan oleh mana-mana orang di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini dan ditetapkan sebagai kesalahan boleh kompaun dengan membuat suatu tawaran bertulis kepada orang yang disyaki telah melakukan kesalahan itu untuk mengkompaun kesalahan itu apabila dibayar kepada Ketua Pengarah suatu amaun yang tidak melebihi lima puluh peratus amaun denda maksimum bagi kesalahan itu dalam apa-apa masa yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran bertulisnya. (3) Sesuatu tawaran di bawah subseksyen (2) boleh dibuat pada bila-bila masa selepas kesalahan itu dilakukan tetapi sebelum apa-apa pendakwaan baginya dimulakan. (4) Jika amaun yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran itu tidak dibayar dalam masa yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran itu atau dalam apa-apa masa lanjutan yang diberikan oleh Ketua Pengarah, pendakwaan bagi kesalahan itu boleh dimulakan pada bila-bila masa selepas itu terhadap orang yang kepadanya tawaran itu dibuat. (5) Jika suatu kesalahan telah dikompaun di bawah subseksyen (2), tiada pendakwaan boleh dimulakan berkenaan dengan kesalahan itu terhadap orang yang kepadanya tawaran untuk mengkompaun itu dibuat, dan mana-mana dokumen atau benda lain yang disita berkaitan dengan kesalahan itu boleh dilepaskan oleh Ketua Pengarah, tertakluk kepada apa-apa terma dan syarat yang difikirkannya patut. (6) Semua jumlah wang yang diterima oleh Ketua Pengarah di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah dibayar ke dalam dan menjadi sebahagian daripada Kumpulan Wang Disatukan Persekutuan. Jadual Pertama [Seksyen 8, 9a, 11, 13a, 13D, 13e, 13f, 14, 14a, 14b, 28] Jenis Fi Jumlah Fi (1) (2) (1) B a g i p e n u b u h a n a g e n s i pekerjaan swasta (a) Fi Lesen RM500 (b) Fi Proses (i) Permohonan lesen RM300 (ii) Pembaharuan lesen RM100 (iii) Permohonan lesen RM100 cawangan (iv) Penggantian lesen RM100 (v) Permohonan menukar RM100 kategori lesen (vi) Dokumen pengenalan RM50 diri (vii) Penggantian dokumen RM50 pengenalan diri (2) Fi yang dikenakan ke atas pencari kerja atau pekerja bukan warganegara (a) Fi Pendaftaran (i) Fi yang dikenakan RM30 dan ke bawah untuk pendaftaran bagi semua kategori pekerjaan dalam Malaysia kepada pencari kerja, pendaftaran itu adalah sah bagi semua kategori pekerjaan bagi tempoh selama dua belas bulan. Jenis Fi Jumlah Fi (1) (2) (ii) F i y a n g b o l e h RM50 dan ke bawah dikenakan untuk pendaftaran semua kategori pekerjaan di luar Malaysia kepada pencari kerja, pendaftaran itu adalah sah bagi semua kategori pekerjaan bagi tempoh selama enam bulan. (b) Fi Penempatan (i) Pencari kerja yang Tidak lebih daripada 25% gaji pokok bekerja di dalam bulanan pertama pekerja Malaysia (ii) Pencari kerja yang Tidak lebih daripada 25% gaji pokok bekerja di luar bulanan pertama pekerja Malaysia (iii) P e k e r j a b u k a n Tidak lebih daripada satu bulan gaji warganegara yang pokok bulan pertama pekerja bekerja di dalam Malaysia Jadual Kedua [Seksyen 8, 9, 9a, 11, 13e, 13f, 14c, 14d] Kategori lesen Modal Wang Wang berbayar jaminan jaminan untuk menubuhkan cawangan (1) (2) (3) baru (4) Lesen A— RM50,000 RM5,000 RM5,000 Untuk penempatan pekerjaan bagi pencen kerja di dalam Malaysia Lesen B— RMl00,000 RMl00,000 RM30,000 Untuk penempatan pekerjaan bagi pencari kerja di dalam dan di luar Malaysia, dan pekhidmat domestik asing di dalam Malaysia Lesen C— RM250,000 RM250,000 RMl00,000 Untuk penempatan pekerjaan bagi pencari kerja di dalam dan di luar Malaysia, dan pekerja bukan warganegara di dalam Malaysia UNDANG-UNDANG MALAYSIA

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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