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Rh :: analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity;
 * "partner" includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

(7) The Minister may make regulations to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with such modifications as the Minister considers appropriate, to any body corporate, partnership, limited liability partnership unincorporated association formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore.

Composition of offences

33.—(1) The Commissioner or 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 prosecution of the offence.

(3) All sums collected under this section are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Limitation of liability

34. No liability is incurred by the Licensing Officer, the Commissioner, any approved person, any authorised officer, any police officer, or any member of the Liquor Appeal Board, for anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith and with reasonable care, in the exercise or purported exercise of any power, or the performance or purported performance of any function or duty, under this Act.