Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current ActsA person who—
(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;
commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years.