163Permitting escape

163 Permitting escape (1) A person who— (a) is an officer of a correctional centre, lockup or other place of lawful detention, a constable or a Commonwealth officer; and (b) is charged for the time being with the custody or detention of another person (including a person detained during pleasure) in respect of an offence against a law of the Territory, a State or another Territory; and (c) wilfully or negligently permits that other person to escape from that custody or detention; (2) A constable or a Commonwealth officer who wilfully or negligently permits a person who has been lawfully arrested in respect of an offence against a law of the Territory, a State or another Territory to escape from that arrest commits an offence. Commonwealth officer—see the Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth), section 3. constable—see the Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth), section 3.