Patents Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 18 · Offences
103. Composition of offences
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The Registrar or any person authorised in writing by the Registrar 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:
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$5,000.
The Office may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
Office
“Office” means the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore incorporated under the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001;
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings may be taken against such person in respect of the offence.
All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.