'Escape' in document 'Romania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

The Special Part

Title VII
Crimes and delicts against the accomplishment of justice

Escape

Art.349 – (1) Escape from the legal state of confinement or detention shall be punished by strict imprisonment from one to 3 years.

(2) If the act is committed using violence, weapons or other instruments, or by two or more persons together, the penalty shall be strict imprisonment from 2 to 8 years.

(3) The penalty applied for the offence of escape shall be added to the penalty being executed, without exceeding the general maximum of the immediately superior penalty.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 111
Escape
If a convicted person escapes from custody and flees the State of enforcement, that State may, after consultation with the Court, request the person's surrender from the State in which the person is located pursuant to existing bilateral or multilateral arrangements, or may request that the Court seek the person's surrender, in accordance with Part 9. It may direct that the person be delivered to the State in which he or she was serving the sentence or to another State designated by the Court.