Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 47A

  (1)   A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:

  (a)   another person (the prisoner ) is in criminal detention; and

  (b)   the first person rescues the prisoner from that detention by force; and

  (c)   the detention is lawful federal criminal detention.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 14 years.

  (2)   Absolute liability applies to the paragraph   (1)(c) element of the offence.

Note:   For absolute liability, see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .