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Criminal Code Act 1924
103Compounding penal actions
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103 Compounding penal actions
Any person who, having brought, or under pretence of bringing, an action against another person upon a penal statute for the recovery of a penalty, compounds the action without the order or consent of the court in which the action is brought, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Compounding a penal action.