Section 128: Compounding penal actions

Any person who, having brought, or under pretence of bringing an action against
another person upon a penal Act, law or statute in order to obtain from him a penalty
for any offence committed or alleged to have been committed by him, compounds the
action without the order or consent of the court in which the action is brought or is to
be brought, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.