Singapore legislation

Clause 22

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Amendment) Bill

Clause 22

Repeal and re-enactment of section 27

Section 27 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Composition of offences27.—

(1)

The Controller may compound any offence under this Act by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence, or having abetted the commission of the offence, a sum not exceeding the lower of the following sums:

(a)

one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;

(b)

a sum of $5,000.(2) For the purposes of this section, an officer or a member of a body corporate or an unincorporated association or a partner of a partnership who is liable for an offence that is compoundable under this section by virtue of section 20 shall be treated as having committed that offence.(3) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence.”.

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