Section 47
Composition of offences
ActIn forceProvision 47 of 49
Section 47
Amended by10/201910/2019
(1)
The Director-General may compound any offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act which is prescribed as an offence which may be compounded by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $1,000.
(2)
The Minister may prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
(3)
Where an offence is compounded under this Act or any rules made under this Act, any article seized must be forfeited to the Board.
Amended by10/2019
(4)
All composition sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Amended by10/2019