716Compounding of offence

716 Compounding of offence (i) provides a benefit to someone else; or (ii) causes a benefit to be provided to someone else; or (iii) offers to provide, or promises to provide, a benefit to someone else; or of the provision of a benefit, to be made to someone else; and (b) the person does so with the intention that the other person or a third person will— (i) conceal the commission of an offence; or (ii) not start, or discontinue or delay, a prosecution for an (iii) withhold information, or provide false or misleading information, in relation to the commission of an offence; or (iv) obstruct or hinder the investigation of an offence by law enforcement officers.

(i) asks for a benefit for the person or someone else; or (ii) obtains a benefit for the person or someone else; or (iii) agrees to obtain a benefit for the person or someone else; and (b) the person does so with the intention that, or with the intention of inducing, fostering or sustaining a belief that, the person or someone else will— (i) conceal the commission of an offence; or (ii) not start, or discontinue or delay, a prosecution for an (iii) withhold information, or provide false or misleading information, in relation to the commission of an offence; or (iv) obstruct or hinder the investigation of an offence by law enforcement officers. (3) For this section, a person (A) is taken to obtain a benefit for someone