Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Permitting or assisting escape

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

• (a) permits a person whom he has in lawful custody to escape, by failing to perform a legal duty,

• (b) conveys or causes to be conveyed into a prison anything, with intent to facilitate the escape of a person imprisoned therein, or

• (c) directs or procures, under colour of pretended authority, the discharge of a prisoner who is not entitled to be discharged.