Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender

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.... or causes the restoration of any property to any person, in consideration of that person's concealing an offence, or of his screening any person from legal punishment for any offence, or of his not proceeding against any person for the purpose of bringing him to legal punishment shall,-- (a) if the offence is punishable with death, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term ....