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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have
been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence
punishable with death; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have
been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence
punishable with 82[ imprisonment] for life or imprisonment for a term which may
extend to ten years; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two
years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have
been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for, an offence
punishable with imprisonment for a term less than ten years.
Intentional omission
222. Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant to
apprehend or to keep in confinement any person under sentence of a Court of
Justice for any offence or lawfully committed to custody, intentionally omits to
apprehend such person, or intentionally suffers such person to escape or
intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting to escape from such
confinement, shall be punished as follows that is to say:
to apprehend on the
part of public servant
bound to apprehend
person under
sentence or lawfully
committed
with 83[ imprisonment for life] or with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to fourteen years, with
or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been
apprehended, is under sentence of death; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have
been apprehended, is subject, by a sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of
a commutation of such sentence, to 84[ imprisonment for life]
85[ * * *] or imprisonment for a term of ten years or upwards; or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, or with fine, or with both, if the person in confinement, or who ought to
have been apprehended is subject, by a sentence of a Court of Justice, to
imprisonment for a term not extending to ten years or if the person was lawfully
committed to custody.
Escape from
confinement or
custody negligently
suffered by public
servant
223. Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to
keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence or
lawfully committed to custody, negligently suffers such persons to escape from
confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may
extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Resistance or
obstruction by a
person to his lawful
apprehension
224. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful
apprehension of himself for any offence with which he is charged or of which he
has been convicted, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which
he is lawfully detained for any such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both.
Explanation.The punishment in this section is in addition to the punishment for
which the person to be apprehended or detained in custody was liable for the
offence with which he was charged, or of which he was convicted.
Resistance or
obstruction to lawful
apprehension of
another person
225. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful
apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to
rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully
detained for an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both;
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