Paragraph 10
Northern Ireland
Offences under the following provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, subject to note 2 below,—
section 25 (being unlawfully at large while under sentence);
section 26 (escaping from lawful custody and failing to surrender to bail);
section 27 (attempting to break prison);
section 28 (breaking prison by force or violence);
section 29 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment);
section 30 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons other than persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment);
section 32 (causing discharge of prisoner under pretended authority);
section 33 (assisting prisoners to escape by conveying things into prisons).
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 69(1), 70(4), Schedule 8 PartI