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Crimes Act 1900
159Aiding prisoner to escape
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159 Aiding prisoner to escape
(a) aids another person to escape, or to attempt to escape, from
lawful custody in respect of an offence against a law of the
Territory, a State or another Territory; or
(b) aids another person who has been lawfully arrested in respect of
such an offence to escape, or to attempt to escape, from that
arrest; or
(c) aids another person who is lawfully detained during pleasure in
respect of such an offence to escape, or to attempt to escape,
from that detention; or
(d) takes anything into a correctional centre, lockup or another place
of lawful detention with intent to facilitate the escape from there
of someone else who is detained or in custody in relation to an
offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a
State or another Territory;