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Section 147 — Criminal Code: Rescue or permitting escape
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Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who rescues any person from lawful custody or assists any person in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody, being a peace officer, wilfully permits a person in his lawful custody to escape, or being an officer of or an employee in a prison, wilfully permits a person to escape from lawful custody therein.
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