Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Amendment of section 205
Section 205 of the Merchant Shipping Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) The Director may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:
(a)
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; (b)$2,000. (3) On payment of such sum of money under subsection (2), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.”.