s 33
(1) Any senior officer df customs may compound any offence under this Act which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence by requiring the person [Pt. IV, S. 33-36] reasonably suspected of having committed an offence to pay a sum of money not exceeding five thousand ringgit. (2) On payment of such'sum of money the person Suls. AA 1113 reasonably suspected of having committed an offence, if he is in custody, shall be discharged, and any property seized shall be released and no further proceedings shall be taken against such person or property, unless the property consists of goods the import of which into Malaysia is absolutely or conditionally prohibited under any written law and no import licence has been issued in which case such goods shall be forfeited.