# Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, Section 31: Other offences in connection with escape.


Every person who, by failing to perform any legal or official duty, permits any person in his lawful custody on a criminal charge or any prisoner in his lawful custody to escape therefrom shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/18/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-31
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