General penalties
33. Any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Consent of Public Prosecutor
34. No prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.
Jurisdiction of court
35. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and shall have power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.
Composition of offences
36.—(1) The Controller may, in his discretion, compound any offence under this Act which is prescribed as being an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding—
- (a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; or
- (b) $5,000,
whichever is the lower.
(2) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the offences which may be compounded.
Power to exempt
37. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act.
