Public Entertainments Act 1958 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · General
31. Composition of offences
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The Licensing Officer may compound any offence under this Act which 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:
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means —(a)in sections 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31 —(i)where a power under any of those sections is exercised in connection with section 16, 17 or 18 — the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer; and(ii)where a power under any of those sections is exercised in connection with any other provision of this Act — the appropriate Licensing Officer; and(b)in any other provision of this Act, the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer or the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer, as the case may be;
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$5,000.
On payment of the sum of money, 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.[21