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PRISON ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 30

30. 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 a sentence of
imprisonment for any term less than life... [or ordered to be detained in a
young offenders centre] or after conviction of, and before sentence for, or
while in such custody upon a charge for, any offence punishable with
imprisonment for a term less than 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,

Other offences in connection with escape.

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