- “officer”—
- (a) in relation to a body corporate, means any director, partner, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; or
- (b) in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity;
- “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.
(6) Regulations under section 41 may provide for the application of any provision of this section, with such modifications as the Minister considers appropriate, to any body corporate or unincorporated association formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore.
Composition of offences
36.—(1) An authorised 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:
- (a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
- (b) $5,000.
(2) On payment of such 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.
