22It is apparent from the documents before the Court that the settlement was made under Paragraph 153a, read with the second sentence of Paragraph 153(1), of the Strafprozessordnung (German Code of Criminal Procedure), pursuant to which the Public Prosecutor may, on certain conditions, discontinue criminal proceedings without the approval of the competent court, in particular after the accused has paid a certain sum of money to a charitable organisation or to the Treasury.
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