Criminal Code Act
Section 135
Any person who, being in lawful custody, escapes from such Custody-
(a) is, if he is charged with, or has been convicted of, felony or misdemeanour, guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years, with or without whipping; and
(b) is, in any other case, guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for two years.
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