Does accepting conciliation amount to admitting the offence?

As a rule, conciliation does not amount to an admission of the offence and does not appear on the record as a conviction; the wording of the text matters, however. We draft the scope of waivers and statements with care. The statute is where the reassurance comes from: statements made during conciliation talks cannot be used as evidence in any later investigation or prosecution if conciliation is not reached (Article 253 of the Criminal Procedure Code). Coming to the table therefore carries no risk of admission. What does repay attention is the language of the undertaking and of the statement in the record, so that neither can be misread afterwards.