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Criminal Justice Act 1961

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Changes over time for: Section 22

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Point in time view as at 31/10/2009.

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22 Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.E+W

F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)If any person knowingly harbours a person who has escaped from a prison or other institution to which the said section thirty-nine applies, or who, having been sentenced in any part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to imprisonment or detention, is otherwise unlawfully at large, or gives to any such person any assistance with intent to prevent, hinder or interfere with his being taken into custody, he shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F2ten years], or to a fine, or to both.

[F3(2A) The reference in subsection (2) to a person who has been sentenced as mentioned there includes—

(a)a person on whom a custodial sentence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 has been passed (anywhere) in respect of a service offence within the meaning of that Act;

(b)a person in respect of whom an order under section 214 of that Act (detention for commission of offence during currency of order) has been made. ]

(4) . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F1S. 22(1) repealed (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(3)(4), 3(2).

F2Words in s. 22(2)(b) substituted (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(2)(4), 3(2).

F3S. 22(2A) substituted for s. 22(3) (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 46; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 22 modified (24.4.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 8

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