S. 22(1) repealed (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(3)(4), 3(2).

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

1952 c. 52.

1955 c. 18.

1955 c. 19.

1957 c. 53.

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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/22/1992-05-16Criminal Justice Act 1961An Act to amend the law with respect to the powers of courts in respect of young offenders; to make further provision as to the treatment of prisoners and other persons committed to custody, including provision for their supervision after discharge, and the management of prisons, approved schools and other institutions; to re-enact with modifications and additions certain statutory provisions relating to the removal,return and supervision of prisoners within the British Islands; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1978-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-181992-05-16Part II Treatment and Supervision of Prisoners and other Detained Persons Miscellaneous
22 Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.1

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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 ten years, or to a fine, or to both.

3

In the following enactments (which make provision for the application of sections thirty-nine to forty-two of the Prison Act 1952) that is to say, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the Army Act 1955, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the Air Force Act 1955 and subsection (3) of section eighty-two of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, references to the said section thirty-nine shall be construed as including references to subsection (2) of this section.

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