'Escape - national proceedings' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 317. Escape from Detention

(1) Escape from places of detention by a person serving the sentence of imprisonment as well as by a person under preventive arrest shall be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years.

(2) The same action committed :

[Letter a) excluded by Law No. 277-XVI dated 18.12.2008, in force as of 24.05.2009]
b) by two or more persons ;
c) with violence ;
d) with the use of weapons or other objects used as weapons; shall be punished by imprisonment for up to 6 years.

(3) Escape from a place of detention by a person whose legal grounds for detention did not exist or had expired at the moment of escape shall not constitute a crime within the context of this article.