{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-75",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-75.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800875",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/75",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "75",
  "heading": "Assisting a prisoner to escape",
  "text": "For sections 29 and 30 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 18) substitute—\n“Assisting or permitting a person to escape from lawful custody\n29 (1) A person who assists any person in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody, whether in prison or not, is guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person who—\n(a) is an officer of a prison in which a person is lawfully confined, or\n(b) is a constable having a person in his lawful custody, whether in prison or not,\nis guilty of an offence if he voluntarily and intentionally permits that person to escape.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800875/article/75",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:20.064737+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}