§ 273 — Composition of offences

273.—(1) An authorised officer specially authorised by the Chief Executive of the Agency may compound any compoundable offence —(a)

by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(i)

one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;

(ii)

$5,000; and

(b)

by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, any thing that is specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) made by the Chief Executive of the Agency, or the authorised officer mentioned in subsection (1), with the concurrence (general or specific) of the Public Prosecutor.

(2) On payment of the sum of money and on full compliance with the conditions of composition, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.

(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(4) In subsection (1), “compoundable offence” means an offence under this Act that —(a)

is neither a Part 9 offence nor an offence under Part 10 involving any Part 9 Regulations; and

(b)

is prescribed by any regulations made under Part 15 as a compoundable offence for the purposes of this section.

(5) Where any offence is prescribed as compoundable under subsection (4), the abetment of or a conspiracy to commit the offence, or an attempt to commit the offence when the attempt is itself an offence, may be compounded in like manner.

—(1) An authorised officer specially authorised by the Chief Executive of the Agency may compound any compoundable offence —(a)

by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(i)

one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;

(ii)

$5,000; and

(b)

by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, any thing that is specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) made by the Chief Executive of the Agency, or the authorised officer mentioned in subsection (1), with the concurrence (general or specific) of the Public Prosecutor.

(2) On payment of the sum of money and on full compliance with the conditions of composition, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.

(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(4) In subsection (1), “compoundable offence” means an offence under this Act that —(a)

is neither a Part 9 offence nor an offence under Part 10 involving any Part 9 Regulations; and

(b)

is prescribed by any regulations made under Part 15 as a compoundable offence for the purposes of this section.

(5) Where any offence is prescribed as compoundable under subsection (4), the abetment of or a conspiracy to commit the offence, or an attempt to commit the offence when the attempt is itself an offence, may be compounded in like manner.