Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Prison breach

144 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who

• (a) by force or violence breaks a prison with intent to set at liberty himself or any other person confined therein, or

• (b) with intent to escape forcibly breaks out of, or makes any breach in, a cell or other place within a prison in which he is confined.