Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 · s 114

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—(1) The competent authority may compound any offence under this Act or the Regulations prescribed as being a compoundable offence by collecting from a 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)$5,000.(2) On payment of the composition amount under subsection (1), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
The competent authority may compound any offence under this Act or the Regulations prescribed as being a compoundable offence by collecting from a 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)$5,000.
On payment of the composition amount 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.

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s 114Composition of offences

(1)

The competent authority may compound any offence under this Act or the Regulations prescribed as being a compoundable offence by collecting from a 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)$5,000.

(2)

On payment of the composition amount under subsection (1), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.

(3)

All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.