Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 235 - Definition of compounding

A person compounds a criminal offence if that person offers or agrees to forbear from prosecuting or giving evidence against a person on a criminal charge, in consideration of money, or of a valuable thing, or of a personal advantage or an advantage to any other person.

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