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Crimes Act 1900
161Rescuing a prisoner from custody etc
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161 Rescuing a prisoner from custody etc
(a) rescues by force a person (other than a person referred to in
paragraph (c) or (d)) from lawful custody in respect of an
offence against a law of the Territory, a State or another
Territory with which the person has been charged; or
(b) rescues by force a person who has been lawfully arrested in
respect of such an offence with which the person has not been
charged from that arrest; or
(c) rescues by force a person who is in lawful custody at a
correctional centre, lockup or another place of lawful detention
in relation to an offence against a law of the Territory, the
Commonwealth, a State or another Territory from that centre,
lockup or place; or
(d) rescues by force a person who is lawfully detained during
pleasure in respect of such an offence from that detention;
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years.