Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is in criminal detention; and
(b) the person escapes from that detention; and
(c) the detention is lawful federal criminal detention.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .