Crimes and Penalties Law

Article 334 — Article (334)

Book Two: Crimes and their Penalties · Part Two: Forgery of Documents: Article (251) · Chapter Seven: Escape of the Accused and Convicts: Article (329)

Whoever enables or helps an arrested person to escape or facilitates his escape, in cases other than those mentioned in the preceding Articles, shall be punished according to the following provisions: 1. If the fugitive is sentenced to death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years. 2. If the fugitive is sentenced to life or temporary imprisonment, or if he is accused of a crime punishable by death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years. 3. In other cases, the penalty shall be incarceration. If the crime is committed by two or more persons by using threat or violence against persons or things, or by using or threatening to use weapons, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance; however, the penalty shall in no case exceed the maximum limit prescribed for the crime committed by the fugitive.

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