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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.