Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 318
In forceObstructing rescue or escape from unsafe premises
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 5Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
318 Obstructing rescue or escape from unsafe premises
(1)
Any person who unlawfully obstructs anyone in the other person’s efforts to save the life of someone who is in, or escaping from, dangerous, destroyed or other unsafe premises commits a crime.Maximum penalty—imprisonment for life.
(2)
In this section—obstruct includes hinder and attempt to obstruct. sch 1 pt 5 ch 29 s 318 amd 1986 No. 1 s 21; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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