Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

New section 14

The Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 13, the following section:“Compounding of offences14.—

(1)

The Board may, in its discretion, compound any offence under this Act or any regulations 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 $200.(2) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.(3) All sums collected under this section shall be paid to the Board.”.