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Code Of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act (No. 11 of 1988) - Sect 5

Amendment of section 266 of the principal enactment

5, Section 266 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:
" (4) Subject to the provisions of any other law the compounding of any offence under this section shall
(a) when a prosecution for such offence is not pending in the Magistrate's Court, not have the effect of an acquittal of the accused;
(b) when a prosecution for such offence is pending in a Magistrate's Court, have the effect of an acquittal of the accused.".


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