Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 48

             (1)  A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the first person knows that another person (the escapee ) has escaped from a place where the other person was held in criminal detention; and

                     (b)  the first person harbours, maintains or employs the escapee; and

                     (c)  the detention was lawful federal criminal detention.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 5 years.

             (2)  Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.

Note:          For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .