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.