http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/22/2009-10-31Criminal 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 Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2009-10-31 Part II Treatment and Supervision of Prisoners and other Detained Persons Miscellaneous Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2If 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—aon summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both;bon conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to a fine, or to both. 2A The reference in subsection (2) to a person who has been sentenced as mentioned there includes—aa 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;ba 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 . . . S. 22(1) repealed (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(3)(4), 3(2).Words in s. 22(2)(b) substituted (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(2)(4), 3(2).Ss. 22(4), 25 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6S. 22 modified (24.4.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The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. 8S. 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
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<Text>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—</Text>
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