Crimes Act 1914

Part III - Offences relating to the administration of justice  

Division 5 - Escape from criminal detention  

SECTION 48   HARBOURING ETC. AN ESCAPEE  

48(1)    
A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

(a) the first person knows that another person (the escapee ) has escaped from a place where the other person was held in criminal detention; and

(b) the first person harbours, maintains or employs the escapee; and

(c) the detention was lawful federal criminal detention.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

48(2)    
Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.

Note:

For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .