Excise
Stamp
Control
Amendment Bill 2016 cont’d
Excise Stamp
Control (Amendment)
Bill, 2016
generally for the purpose of—
(i)
preventing or detecting any violation of any
provisions; and
(ii) performing any functions conferred on him,
under this Act and he shall remain on the premises for so
long as is necessary for the carrying out of his duty.
(2)
4.
The Excise officer shall, if required, produce some authenticated
document showing his authority to enter.”.
Annex E
(b)
Insertion of new section 34A into the principal Act.
The principal Act is amended by the insertion immediately after section 34 the
following new section —
“34A. Compounding of offences.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary may, where he is
satisfied that a person has committed an offence under this
Act in respect of which a fine is provided or any thing is
liable to forfeiture, compound the offence and —
(a) order the person to pay such sum of money, not
exceeding the amount of the fine to which the person
would be liable if he were convicted of the offence, as
he may think fit; and
(b) order any thing liable to forfeiture in connection with
the offence to be condemned or sold.
(2) The Secretary shall not exercise his powers under section (1)
unless the person, in writing, admits that he has
committed the offence and requests the Secretary to deal
with the offence under this section.
(3) Where the Secretary makes an order under this section —
(a) he shall put the order in writing, specifying the offence
and the penalty, and attach to it the written request
made to the Secretary to deal with the matter;
(b) the order may be enforced in the same manner as an
order of the court;
(c) the order shall be published in the Gazette or in any
other daily newspaper in general circulation in The
Bahamas; and
(d) the offender shall not be liable to any further
prosecution in respect of the offence.”.
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