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Medical Device Act 2012 s 71

Medical Device Act 2012 s 71

s 71 Compounding of offences

(1) The Authority may, with the consent of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by regulations made under this Act by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence upon payment to the Authority of such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be 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 it has been instituted. (3) If the amount specified in the offer made under subsection (1) is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Authority may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made. (4) Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pengkompaunan kesalahan

(1) Pihak Berkuasa boleh, dengan keizinan Pendakwa Raya, mengkompaun apa-apa kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh mana-mana orang di bawah Akta ini dan yang ditetapkan sebagai kesalahan boleh kompaun oleh peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini dengan membuat suatu tawaran bertulis kepada orang itu untuk mengkompaunkan kesalahan itu apabila dibayar kepada Pihak Berkuasa suatu amaun yang tidak melebihi lima puluh peratus daripada amaun denda maksimum bagi kesalahan itu dalam masa yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran itu. (2) Sesuatu tawaran di bawah subseksyen (1) boleh dibuat pada bila-bila masa selepas kesalahan itu dilakukan, tetapi sebelum apa-apa pendakwaan baginya dimulakan. (3) Jika amaun yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran yang dibuat di bawah subseksyen (1) itu tidak dibayar dalam masa yang dinyatakan dalam tawaran itu atau dalam apa-apa tempoh lanjutan yang diberikan oleh Pihak Berkuasa, pendakwaan bagi kesalahan itu boleh dimulakan pada bila-bila masa selepas itu terhadap orang yang kepadanya tawaran itu dibuat. (4) Jika sesuatu kesalahan telah dikompaun di bawah subseksyen (1), tiada pendakwaan boleh dimulakan berkenaan dengan kesalahan itu terhadap orang yang kepadanya tawaran mengkompaun kesalahan itu dibuat.

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Find Act 737 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 March 2017 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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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