Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 153

153. Where the escape of any person under arrest or sentence is effected in consequence of the negligence or imprudence of t he person charged with his custody, care or conveyance, the person so charged shall, on conviction, be liable - (a) if the party escaping is accused of, or sentenced for any crime liable to a puni shment not exceeding two years’ imprisonment, or if he is in lawful custody for any cause other than a crime, to imprisonment for a term from one to three months; (b) if the party escaping is accused of, or sentenced for any crime liable to a puni shment exceeding two years but not exceeding five y ears’ imprisonment, to imprisonment for a term from four to six months; (c) if the party escaping is accused of, or sentenced for any crime liable to a punis hment exceeding five years’ imprisonment, to imprisonment for a term from seven months to one year. Connivance, etc., of person charged with the custody, etc., of person escaping. Amended by: XXI.1971.16; XLIX.1981.4,