(1) Any person who, being an officer of a correctional centre or a police
officer, has actual custody of an inmate for the time being is guilty of an
offence if he or she wilfully permits the inmate to escape from custody.
:
Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Any person who, being an
officer of a correctional centre or a police officer, has actual custody of an
inmate for the time being is guilty of an indictable offence if he or she
negligently permits the inmate to escape from custody.
: Maximum
penalty--imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Any person who is employed by the
management company of a managed correctional centre (within the meaning of the
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 ) as a custodian of inmates at,
or travelling to or from, the correctional centre is, for the purposes of this
section, an officer of a correctional centre.
