Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Rescue or permitting escape

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

• (a) rescues any person from lawful custody or assists any person in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody,

• (b) being a peace officer, wilfully permits a person in his lawful custody to escape, or

• (c) being an officer of or an employee in a prison, wilfully permits a person to escape from lawful custody therein.