Clause 15
Amendment of section 205
of Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 14 of 20
Clause 15
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.”.