s 48 Composition of offences
48.—(1) The Commissioner of Building Control may compound any offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; (b) $5,000.[47/2007] (2) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.[47/2007] (3) The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.[47/2007] (4) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[47/2007] [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/01/2022]