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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XV : Offences

115. Aiding escapes

 

Any person who-

a) conspires with or incites any inmate to escape;
b) assists an inmate in escaping or attempting to escape from any correctional centre or from any place where he or she may be in custody;
c) for the purpose of facilitating the escape of any inmate, supplies or agrees to supply or assists, incites or induces any other person to supply an inmate with any document, disguise or any other article;
d) without lawful authority relays any document, or article or causes it to be relayed into or out of a correctional centre or a place where inmates may be in custody; or
e) harbours or conceals or assists in harbouring or concealing an escaped inmate,

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to incarceration for a period not exceeding ten years or to such incarceration without the option of a fine or both.