Section 21
Exemption From Penalty
(1) If an accused charged of committing an offence under this Act accepts an offence and co-operates the police, public prosecutor or court to collect evidence and arrest other accused or abettor, and if he/she has committed the offence for the first time, court can reduce the punishment up to twenty five percent so prescribed for that offence.
Provided that, if the assistance is not proved by the evidence or he/she gives statement against the support provided to the police or prosecutor, a case may be
registered notwithstanding anything in the prevailing laws.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-Section (1), there shall be no reduction in claimed punishment, pursuant to this section, in the following
conditions:
(a) To provide exemption in punishment to the principal accused,
(b) If the case involved is trafficking or transportation of a child,
(c) If exemption in the punishment has already been provided.