Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 151

151. Any person under sentence and any other prisoner who shall be guilty of simple escape or who escapes from the custody of t h e p e r s o n o r p e r s o n s c h a rg e d w i t h h i s c u s t o d y, s h a l l , o n conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than six months but not more than one year. In this article ''prisoner'' means any person who is confined in prison and includes a prisoner while he is being moved to or from a prison or from one prison to another or while he is under treatment or observation in any hospital. Prison breaking. Substituted by: VII.1999.6.