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CRIMINAL CODE 1924 - SECT 108

   Aiding escape: harbouring of persons unlawfully at large
(1)  A person who –
(a) conveys anything, or causes anything to be conveyed –
(i) into a place where a person is in lawful custody; or
(ii) to a person who is in lawful custody at any place –
with intent to aid the escape of that person;
(b) intentionally or recklessly aids or allows a person to escape from lawful custody; or
(c) harbours, maintains, or employs a person who, having escaped from lawful custody, is unlawfully at large –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge:  
(a) Aiding escape from lawful custody.
(b) Aiding escape from lawful custody.
(c) Harbouring.
(2)  In any proceedings in respect of a charge under subsection (1) , it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the custody of the person charged was lawful.
(3)  It is a defence to a charge of harbouring to prove that the person charged did not know that the person harboured, maintained, or employed had escaped from lawful custody and was unlawfully at large.



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