Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:46a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46A
Character Range: 1308956–1309622

46A  Aiding prisoner to escape—conveying thing into prison etc.
 (1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) another person (the prisoner) is in criminal detention; and
 (b) the first person conveys a thing into a prison, lock‑up or other place of criminal detention; and
 (c) the first person does so with the intention of facilitating the escape of the prisoner from the prison, lock‑up or other place; and
 (d) the detention is lawful federal criminal detention.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(d) element of the offence.
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.