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Section39.The right to institute a criminal case is extinguished as follows:
(1)by the death of the offender;
(2)in a case of a personal offence, when the complaint is withdrawn, charge is withdrawn, or compromise is adopted properly according to the law;
(3)when the case is terminated in accordance with section 37;
(4)when a conclusive judgment is given upon the offence charged;
(5)when a law issued after the commission of the an offence abolishes such offence;
(6)when the case is barred by limitation;
(7)when there is a law exempting the punishment.
Section40.A civil case connected with a criminal case may be instituted before the court trying the criminal case or before a court having the power to address the criminal case. Trial of the criminal case must be in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code.
