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22 Composition of offences

30.—(1) The Director may, in his 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—
 * (a) $1,000 in respect of any offence where the maximum fine prescribed for that offence is less than $5,000; and
 * (b) $5,000 in respect of any other offence.

(2) The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.

Public servants

31. All authorised officers shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).

Power to amend Schedule

32. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend or add to the Schedule in conformity with any amendment to the Chemicals Annex which may be duly made or adopted.

Regulations

33.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for any matter that is necessary or desirable for the purposes of implementing this Act or the Convention, or any agreement that is concluded between Singapore and the Organisation pursuant to the Convention.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made—
 * (a) to impose on any importer, exporter, agent, forwarding agent, common carrier, consignor or consignee of goods or on any owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance as may be prescribed in the regulations, the duty to furnish—
 * (i) to the Director; or
 * (ii) to the owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance, or to a railway station-master or to such other person as may be prescribed,