Clause 6
New section 31A
of Travel Agents (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 6
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 31, the following section:“Compounding of offences31A.—
(1)
The Board may, in its discretion, compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $1,000.
(2)
The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.”.