s 13U Composition of offences under this Part
13U.—(1) The Director-General or a person authorised by the Director-General may compound any offence under this Part that is prescribed as a 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) $2,000; and (b) by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as may be specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) by the Director-General 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) The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences that may be compounded under this section. (4) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]