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66 Laws of Malaysia ACT 574
Aiding escape of, rescuing, or harbouring such prisoner
130. Whoever knowingly aids or assists any prisoner of State or
prisoner of war in escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or
attempts to rescue any such prisoner, or harbours or conceals any
such prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody, or offers or
attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of such prisoner,
shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be
liable to fine.
Explanation—A prisoner of State or prisoner of war who is permitted
to be at large on his parole within certain limits in Malaysia, is said to
escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond the limits within which
he is allowed to be at large.
Interpretation of this Chapter
130A. In this Chapter—
(a) “harbour” includes the supplying a person with shelter,
food, drink, money or clothes; or, except by a person
employed in a Government hospital, medicine, bandages,
surgical dressings or any other form of aid to a person
wounded; or arms, ammunition or means of conveyance,
or the assisting a person in any way to evade apprehension;
(b) “imprisonment for life” means (subject to the provisions
of any written law conferring power to grant pardons,
reprieves or respites or suspension or remission of
punishments) imprisonment until the death of the person
on whom the sentence is imposed.
CHAPTER VII
OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES
Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier or sailor
from his duty
131. Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer,
soldier, sailor or airman in the Malaysian Armed Forces, or attempts
to seduce any such officer, soldier, sailor or airman from his
allegiance or his duty, shall be punished with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable
to fine.