Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsCompounding of offences
| 26. The Authority may, having regard to the circumstances in which an offence was committed, compound any offence under this Act, for a sum not exceeding one third of the maximum fine imposable for such offence, and where any prosecution has been entered against any such offender the Authority shall compound such offence at anytime before judgment is entered after having obtained the consent of court. |