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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Article 3. ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO CONFINEMENT

16-10-53. Aiding or permitting another to escape lawful custody or confinement.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A person who knowingly aids another in escaping from lawful custody or from any place of lawful confinement shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

  2. (b)

    A peace officer or employee of any place of lawful confinement who recklessly permits any person in his custody to escape is guilty of a misdemeanor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 807; Code 1863, §§ 4376, 4377, 4379; Code 1868, §§ 4414, 4415, 4417; Code 1873, §§ 4482, 4483, 4485; Ga. L. 1876, p. 112, § 2; Code 1882, §§ 4482, 4483, 4483b, 4485; Penal Code 1895, §§ 312, 313, 315, 317; Penal Code 1910, §§ 317, 318, 320, 322; Code 1933, §§ 26-4505, 26-4506, 26-4508, 26-4510; Ga. L. 1955, p. 578, § 2; Code 1933, § 26-2502, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 705; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.