Escape from custody – penalty
31 Escape from custody – penalty
A person who, being a person in custody under an order of transfer, escapes or attempts to escape from that custody while he or she is not within the Territory or the participating State or other
Territory to which he or she was being conveyed under that order is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
A term of imprisonment imposed on a person for an offence against subsection (1) shall be served after the expiration of a term of imprisonment, penal servitude or detention to which the person was subject at the time of his or her escape or attempt to escape.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person to whom section 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth applies by virtue of section 26(1) or (2) of the Transfer of
Prisoners Act 1983 of the Commonwealth.
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