Section 144 — Criminal Code: Prison breach

Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who by force or violence breaks a prison with intent to set at liberty himself or any other person confined therein, or with intent to escape forcibly breaks out of, or makes any breach in, a cell or other place within a prison in which he is confined.