Against Policing & Prisons
CRIMINAL LAW ACT, 1976
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW. [24th September, 1976]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Escape from custody.
6.—(1) Any person who—
(a) aids any person in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody or, with intent to facilitate the escape of any person from lawful custody or enable a person after escape to remain unlawfully at large, or with intent to cause injury to persons or property in a place where a person is in lawful custody, conveys any article or thing into or out of such a place or to a person in such a place or places any article or thing inside or outside such a place, or
(b) makes, or takes part in, any arrangement for the purpose of enabling a person to escape from lawful custody, facilitating such an escape, enabling a person after escape to remain unlawfully at large, or causing injury to persons or property in a place where a person is in lawful custody,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
(2) Any person who, contrary to any rules or regulations in force in relation to a prison, conveys or attempts to convey any article or thing into or out of the prison or to a person in the prison, or places any article or thing in any place inside or outside the prison with intent that it shall come into the possession of a person in the prison, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
(3) A prison officer may in the interests of security search any person at any time while he is in a prison or while he is in the custody of the governor of a prison.
Prohibition of giving certain false information.
12.—Any person who—
(a) knowingly makes a false report or statement tending to show that an offence has been committed, whether by himself or another person, or tending to give rise to apprehension for the safety of persons or property, or
(b) knowingly makes a false report or statement tending to show that he has information material to any inquiries by the Garda SÃochána and thereby causes the time of the Garda SÃochána to be wastefully employed,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.