Singapore legislation
Section 55
Section 55
Composition of offences
(1)
The Chief Executive of the Authority, or any employee of the Authority or public path warden authorised in writing by the Authority for the purpose of this provision, may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence.
(2)
A compoundable offence may be compounded under this section —
by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; (ii)$5,000; and
by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) by the Chief Executive of the Authority, or any employee of the Authority or public path warden mentioned in subsection (1) with the concurrence (general or specific) of the Public Prosecutor.
(3)
On payment of such 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.
(4)
All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.