Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Composition of offences
(1)
The Director may compound any offence under this Act that 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:
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$1,000.
(2)
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3)
All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(4)
The Director, and the members, officers and employees of the Authority, in relation to the administration, assessment and collection of the composition sums payable under this section, are deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966, and section 20 of that Act is to apply to such persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.