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Debt Collection Act 2022 · Updated to 1 Dec 2023 · Part 4 · Administration and Enforcement
Debt Collection Act 2022 · Updated to 1 Dec 2023 · Part 4 · Administration and Enforcement
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Licensing Officer or an authorised officer 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:
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means the public officer appointed under section 3(1)(a);
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$5,000.
On payment of the sum of money under subsection (1), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a public officer appointed under section 3(3);
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means the public officer appointed under section 3(1)(a);
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