Section 199

The offences punishable under the Penal Code [Cap. 224] shown in the sixth column of Schedule A as being compoundable may be compounded by the person mentioned in that column provided that when an arrest has been effected or an application has been made for the issue of a warrant of arrest or summons the consent of a Magistrate or, if the offence is not triable by a Magistrate’s Court, of a District Judge, shall first be obtained.

When any offence is compoundable under this section the abetment of the offence, or an attempt to commit the offence when the attempt is itself an offence, may be compounded in like manner.

When the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this section is a minor, an idiot or a lunatic, any person competent to contract on his behalf may compound the offence.

The composition of an offence under this section shall have the effect of an acquittal of the accused. [198