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PRISON ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 29

Rescue, etc., of persons sentenced to death or for life.

29. Every person who

(a)rescues any person or assists any person in escaping, or attempting to
escape from lawful custody, whether in prison or not, under sentence of death
or imprisonment for life, or after conviction of, and before sentence for, or
while in custody upon a charge for, any offence punishable with death or
imprisonment for life; or

(b)being a police officer or constable having any such person in his lawful
custody, or being an officer of any prison in which any such person is
lawfully confined, voluntarily and intentionally permits him to escape,

Rescue or assisting other prisoners.

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