3. If the punishment of the felony is the death penalty or life imprisonment with hard labor, then the criminal shall be punished with no more than seven years with hard labor. Article (230) 1. Whoever is entrusted to guard a person who is detained or imprisoned in accordance with the law, and who subsequently enables such person to escape or facilitates such escape, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment from three months to one year if paragraph one of the previous article is applicable, and by imprisonment from three to five years with hard labor if paragraph two is applicable, and by imprisonment from five to ten years with hard labor if the third paragraph is applicable. 2. If the escape happens as a result of the guard's negligence, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment from one month to one year if the first paragraph of the previous article is applicable, and by imprisonment from six moths to two years if the second paragraph is applicable and by imprisonment from one year to three years if the third paragraph is applicable. Article (231) 1. Whoever is entrusted with guarding a detainee or a prisoner and supplied him / her with weapons or other tools which enable him / her to escape by use of force, such person shall be punished for such act alone by temporary imprisonment with hard labor. 2. If the perpetrator is a person who is not entrusted with guarding the detainee or prisoner, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment for no less than two years. Article (232) Half the penalty shall be reduced if the perpetrator secured the arrest of the escapee or made him / her surrender during three months of his / her escape provided that the escapee did not commit any other crime which is described as a felony or a misdemeanor. Chapter Three: Of taking justice into one’s hand Article (233) Whoever took justice into his / her hands and was able to immediately report to the competent authority, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten dinars (JD10). Article (234) If the act mentioned in the previous article is accompanied by violence, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months or a fine not to exceed twenty five dinars (JD25). Article (235) Pursuing such crimes shall be based on the complaint of the injured party unless the mentioned felony is coupled with another crime that could be pursued without a complaint.

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