s 70 Composition of offences
70.—(1) The Board may compound any offence under this Act that may be prescribed as an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding $5,000. (2) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of that offence except that any compensation, damages, fees, costs or expenses which are provided to be paid under this Act remain payable. (2A) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (3) Nothing in this section prevents the Board from issuing any further notice referred to in section 41 in respect of the same matter to the person who has paid the sum of money.