# 223 Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
Whoever, being a public servant legally bound as such public servant to keep in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence 1 [or lawfully committed to custody], negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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1. Ins. by Act 27 of 1870, s. 8.
OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
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Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc. , contrary to law220
Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law221
Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend222
Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed224
Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension225
Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person225A
Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
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