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RESCUES, ESCAPES AND OBSTRUCTING OFFICERS OF COURT OF LAW (ss 115-119)
115. Rescue
(1) Any person, who by force rescues or attempts to rescue from lawful custody any other
person–
(a) if that other person is under sentence of death or imprisonment for life, or charged with
an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life is guilty of an offence and
liable to imprisonment for life;
(b) if that other person is imprisoned on a charge or under sentence for any offence other
than those referred to in paragraph (a), is guilty of an offence and liable to
imprisonment for seven years; or
(c) in any other case,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) If the person rescued is in the custody of a private person, the offender must have notice
of the fact that the person rescued is in such custody.
116. Escape from lawful custody
A person who escapes from lawful custody is guilty of an offence.
116A. Absence from extramural employment
(1) If any person who has received permission to work outside a prison pursuant to the
provisions of the Prisons Act *(13), fails to present himself at the appointed hour or absents
himself from work, he is guilty of an offence unless he satisfies the court that he had a
reasonable and lawful excuse for so doing.
(2) A sentence of imprisonment imposed for an offence against subsection (1) shall be in
addition to any imprisonment to which the person sentenced is already liable and which he is
ordered to suffer under the Prisons Act.
117. Aiding prisoners to escape
A person who–
(a) aids a prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody; or
(b) conveys anything or causes anything to be conveyed into a prison with intent to
facilitate the escape of a prisoner,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.