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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 161 Rescuing a prisoner from custody etc

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 161

Rescuing a prisoner from custody etc

A person who—

        (a)     rescues by force a person (other than a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d)) from lawful custody in respect of an offence against a law of the Territory, a State or another Territory with which the person has been charged; or

        (b)     rescues by force a person who has been lawfully arrested in respect of such an offence with which the person has not been charged from that arrest; or

        (c)     rescues by force a person who is in lawful custody at a correctional centre, lockup or another place of lawful detention in relation to an offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory from that centre, lockup or place; or

        (d)     rescues by force a person who is lawfully detained during pleasure in respect of such an offence from that detention;

commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years.