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English
Etymology
From an obsolete sense of composition, “payment to settle an obligation”: see composition fee.
Noun
letter of composition (plural letters of composition)
- (Singapore) Official notice of a composition fee (a fine).
1978 May 27, “Parking Victim”, “Need for ‘no parking’ signs”, in The Straits Times, page 17:Recently I received a letter of composition of $20 from the Car Parks Division, Urban Redevelopment Authority, for parking my broken down car in Keong Siak Road where it joins Sago Street and Sago Lane.
2008 January 2, Soojenn, “Singapore - A Police State”, in Singapore in General (blog):I have been away from Singapore for more than 15 years, and imagine my surprise on receiving a scanned copy of a "failure to file return" […] This the the first letter from the IRAS after more than 15 years and it is a letter of composition and penalty - for Pay and Pay?
2013, OECD, Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: Singapore 2013, →ISBN, page 32:[…] about 300 foreign companies did not file their tax returns with IRAS. Letters of composition were issued to these companies.