s 68 Composition of offences
68. —(1) The Director-General of Health may compound any offence under this Act that is not mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) but is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [5/2019; 11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) The Director-General of Public Health may compound any offence under sections 28, 29, 33 to 37 and 40 to 45 if that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [5/2019; 11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) The Director-General, Food Administration may compound any offence under section 38 or 39 if that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [11/2019] (4) The composition sum for the purposes of compounding a compoundable offence under subsection (1), (2) or (3) is 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. [5/2019] (5) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence. [5/2019] (6) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund. [5/2019] —(1) The Director-General of Health may compound any offence under this Act that is not mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) but is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [5/2019; 11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) The Director-General of Public Health may compound any offence under sections 28, 29, 33 to 37 and 40 to 45 if that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [5/2019; 11/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) The Director-General, Food Administration may compound any offence under section 38 or 39 if that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by the appropriate Minister under section 73, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum described in subsection (4). [11/2019] (4) The composition sum for the purposes of compounding a compoundable offence under subsection (1), (2) or (3) is 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. [5/2019] (5) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence. [5/2019] (6) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund. [5/2019]