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Criminal Procedure
[1988 Ed.
Penalties for assisting offenders
90. (1) If a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offence or of some other arrestable offence, does, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, any act with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If on the trial of an indictment for an arrestable offence the jury are satisfied that the offence charged (or some other offence of which the accused might on that charge be found guilty) was committed, but find the accused not guilty of it, they may find him guilty of any offence under subsection (1) of which they are satisfied that he is guilty in relation to the offence charged (or that other offence).
(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) No proceedings shall be instituted for an offence under subsection (1) except with the consent of the Attorney General.
(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of any person for an offence under subsection (1), or the remand in custody or on bail of a person charged with such an offence.
(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7) · [cf. U.K. 1967 c. 58, s. 4]
Penalties for concealing offences
91. (1) If a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing that the offence or some other arrestable offence has been committed, and that he has information which might be of material assistance in securing the prosecution or conviction of an offender for it, accepts or agrees to accept for not disclosing that information any consideration shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If a person causes any wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making to any person a false report tending to show that an offence has been committed, or to give rise to apprehension for the safety of any person or property, or tending to show that he has information material to any police inquiry he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) No prosecution shall be instituted for an offence under subsection (1) except with the consent of the Attorney General.
(4) The compounding of an offence other than treason shall not be an offence otherwise than under this section.
(5) The offence of misprision of felony is hereby abolished.
(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7)
[cf. U.K. 1967 c. 58, s. 5]
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64
CAP. 221]
Criminal Procedure
[1988 Ed.
Penalties for assisting offenders
90. (1) If a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offence or of some other arrestable offence, does, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, any act with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If on the trial of an indictment for an arrestable offence the jury are satisfied that the offence charged (or some other offence of which the accused might on that charge be found guilty) was committed, but find the accused not guilty of it, they may find him guilty of any offence under subsection (1) of which they are satisfied that he is guilty in relation to the offence charged (or that other offence).
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for
2 years.
(4) No proceedings shall be instituted for an offence under subsection (1) except with the consent of the Attorney General.
(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of any person for an offence under subsection (1), or the remand in custody or on bail of a person charged with such an offence.
(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7) · [cf. U.K. 1967 c. 58, s. 4]
Penalties for concealing offences
91. (1) If a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing that the offence or some other arrestable offence has been committed, and that he has information which might be of material assistance in securing the prosecution or conviction of an offender for it, accepts or agrees to accept for not disclosing that information any consideration shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If a person causes any wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making to any person a false report tending to show that an offence has been committed, or to give rise to apprehension for the safety of any person or property, or tending to show that he has information material to any police inquiry he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) No prosecution shall be instituted for an offence under subsection (1) except with the consent of the Attorney General.
(4) The compounding of an offence other than treason shall not be an offence otherwise than under this section.
(5) The offence of misprision of felony is hereby abolished.
(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7)
[cf. U.K. 1967 c. 58, s. 5]
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