Singapore legislation

Clause 28

of Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill

Clause 28

Amendment of section 68

Section 68 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “the Commissioner” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “either the Commissioner or the Attorney-General”; and

(b)

by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, compound any offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $2,000.(3) The Minister may make rules to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.”.