(1) A person who, without leave of a Court, compounds any crime punishable on indictment, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) Unless in the opinion of the Court it was proper to do so in the circumstances, any person who without leave of the Court directly or indirectly, receives any sum of money or other reward in order not to prosecute a summary offence is liable on conviction to indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.