Section 312 — Crimes Act 1961: Accessory after the fact to crime

312 Accessory after the fact to crime Every one who is accessory after the fact to any crime punishable by imprisonment, being a crime in respect of which no express provision is made by this Act or by some other enactment for the punishment of an accessory after the fact, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years if the maximum punishment for that crime is imprisonment for life, and not exceeding 5 years if such maximum punishment is imprisonment for 10 or more years;

and in any other case is liable to not more than half the maximum punishment to which he would have been liable if he had committed the crime. Compare: 1908 No 32 ss 352, 353