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Planning Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Miscellaneous
57. Composition of offences
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Last amended by an amending law of 2017.
(1)
The competent authority 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:
(a)
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
(b)
$5,000.
(2)
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3)
All sums collected under this section are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.