(1) A person commits the offense of compounding if the person intentionally accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 710-1013

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
(a) Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offense; or
(b) Refraining from reporting to law-enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any offense or information relating to the offense.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1) that the pecuniary benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense.
(3) Compounding is a misdemeanor.

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