Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 (Act 169) Section 40. Compounding of offences and abatement of penalties.
(b) the order shall specify-
(ii) the sum of money ordered to be paid; and (iii) the date on which the payment is to be made or the dates on which instalments of that sum are to be paid, as the case may be, and, where the order provides for payment by instalments and there is default in payment of any instalment, the whole of the balance then outstanding shall become due and payable forthwith; (c) a copy of the order shall be given, if he so requests, to the person who committed the offence; (d) that person shall not be liable to any prosecution or, as the case may be, any further prosecution in respect of the offence and, if any such prosecution or further prosecution is brought, it shall be a good defence for that person to prove that the offence has been compounded under this section; (e) the order shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal; (f) the order may be enforced in the same way as the judgment of a subordinate court (as defined in Schedule 5 to the Income Tax Act, 1967) for the payment of the amount stated in the order or the amount outstanding, as the case may be; and (g) the order shall, on production to any court, be treated as proof of the commission of the offence by that person and of the other matters set out therein. Copyright © 2001 PNMB-LawNet. All rights reserved. |