Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

CHAPTER TWO
Offences

PART IV
OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Escape and Related Offences

Escaping, or permitting rescue or rescuing
396. Any person who endeavours to resist or prevent the execution of the law —
(a) by escaping from lawful custody for crime;
(b) by aiding or permitting any other person to escape from lawful custody for a crime;
(c) by permitting himself or herself to be rescued from lawful custody for a crime;
(d) by rescuing any other person from lawful custody for crime,
is liable on conviction on indictment if such crime is punishable with death or with imprisonment for more than seven years, to imprisonment for fifteen years or if such crime is punishable with imprisonment for not more than seven years, to imprisonment for ten years, or, if such crime is a summary offence to imprisonment for seven years or to a fine of two thousand dollars on summary conviction.

Keywords

Escape - national proceedings



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