- (a) any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee of the unincorporated association; and
- (b) any person purporting to act in any such capacity;
- “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner;
- “state of mind” of a person includes—
- (a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
- (b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.
Composition of offences
74.—(1) The Commissioner 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 such sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
Arrestable offences and non-bailable offences
75.—(1) Every offence under this Act is arrestable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).
(2) Every offence under this Act (except an offence under section 20(2), 21(6), 27(5), 28(2), 29(4), 30(4) or (5), 37(7), 44(7), 56(3) or (4) or 60(3)) is bailable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Jurisdiction of courts
76. Despite the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full punishment for any such offence.
