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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK III
INDICTABLE OFFENCES

TITLE xxviii PERJURY AND PERVERSION OF JUSTICE

Rescue, Escape, Compounding Crime, etc.

444. Escape.

(1) Whoever, being in lawful custody for crime, or under any sentence of imprisonment, endeavours to resist or prevent the execution of the law by escaping or permitting himself to be rescued, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years.

(2) Where a person in lawful custody under any sentence of imprisonment escapes, the time during which he is at large shall not be taken into account in computing the term of his original sentence .