Individuals caught breaking COVID-19 SOP to get up to RM10,000 compound if Parliament passes Act 342 amendments today - SoyaCincau

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Under the proposed amendments, compounds for COVID-19 SOP violators will increase from RM1,000 to RM10,000 for individuals and fines up to RM2 million for companies.

Now that the Emergency has ended and the Emergency laws have also ceased to take effect, one would have thought that the days of paying up to RM10,000 to compound COVID-19 offences is over.

This law gives powers to the government to act to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases — including but not limited to COVID-19, and also includes the maximum compound amount and the maximum penalty that offenders may face.Unlike Act 342 that needs to go through Parliament every time changes are made to the law, the minister can make new regulations and make changes to regulations at any time without going through Parliament.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Malaysia and from the very first movement control order in March 2020, Malaysians only had to face the possibility of paying up to RM1,000 to compound offences such as failure to wear face masks This Emergency Ordinance is now gone, as the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara on October 25 and December 8 had approved its annulment. Which means those maximum RM10,000 figure and RM50,000 figure should no longer apply, and that the maximum compound should go back to RM1,000 under the existing Act 342.

These proposed changes are expected to be made at the committee stage of the Dewan Rakyat, before MPs vote on the Bill today.

 

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