Accessory after the fact to indictable offence
562 Accessory after the fact to indictable offence
Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to an indictable offence (the principal offence) is guilty of a crime.
A person guilty of a crime under subsection (1) is liable —
if the principal offence is punishable on indictment with imprisonment for life — to imprisonment for 14 years;
in any other case — to half of the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on indictment.
Summary conviction penalty: for an offence where the principal offence may be dealt with summarily, the lesser of —
the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on summary conviction; or
the penalty that is half of the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on indictment.
[Section 562 inserted: No. 4 of 2004 s. 44; amended: No. 70 of 2004 s. 34(8) and (9).]
[563. Deleted: No. 4 of 2004 s. 45.]
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