Feeding Stuffs (Composition of Offences) Rules

Feeding Stuffs Act

(Chapter 105, Section 11¹)

¹  Read with section 199A of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 1985 Revised Edition).

Feeding Stuffs (Composition of Offences) Rules

R 2

G.N. No. S 173/2005

REVISED EDITION 2009

(31st March 2009)

[1st April 2005]

Citation

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Composition of Offences) Rules.

Compoundable offences

2.—(1)  The following offences may be compounded by the Director-General, or any officer authorised by him, in accordance with section 199A of the Criminal Procedure Code:

(a) an offence under section 4(5) or 10 of the Act; and

(b) any offence under the Feeding Stuffs (Licensing, Analysis and Fees) Rules (R 1).

(2)  The Director-General, or any officer authorised by him, may compound any of the offences specified in paragraph (1) by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding one half of the maximum fine prescribed for the offence.