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Criminal Code Act 1983
105Compounding penal actions
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105 Compounding penal actions
Any person who, having brought, or under pretence of bringing, an
action against another person upon a penal statute in order to
obtain from him a penalty for any offence committed or alleged to
have been committed by him, compounds the action without the
order or consent of the court in which the action is brought or is to
be brought is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for
one year.