or subject him to a less punishment than that to which he is liable, or with intent to save, or knowing that he is likely thereby to save any property from forfeiture or any charge to which it is liable by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

218. Whoever, being a public servant and being, as such public servant, charged with the preparation of any record or other writing, frames that record or writing in a

Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.

manner which he knows to be incorrect, with intent to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause loss or injury to the public or to any person, or with intent thereby to save, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby save, any person from legal punishment, or with intent to save, or knowing that he is likely thereby to save, any property from forfeiture or other charge to which it is liable by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

proceeding corruptly making an

order, report, &c., which he

knows to be contrary to law.

219. Whoever, being a public servant, corruptly or Public servant in a judicial maliciously makes or pronounces in any stage of a judicial proceeding, any report, order, verdict, or decision which he knows to be contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

Commitment for trial or confinement by a person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.

220. Whoever, being in any office which gives him legal authoriy to commit persons for trial or to confinement, or to keep persons in confinement, corruptly or maliciously commits any person for trial or to confinement, or keeps any person in confinement in the exercise of that authority, knowing that in so doing he is acting

contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend.

221. Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant, to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence, intentionally omits to apprehend such person, or intentionally suffers such person to escape, or intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting to escape from such confinement, shall be punished as follows, that is to say: With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death; or

Punishment.

With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with transportation for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years; or

With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, was charged with, or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term less than ten years.

Intentional omission to ap

222. Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound as such public servant, to apprehend or to keep in confinement any person under sentence of a Court of Justice

prehend on the part of a pub

lic servant bound by law to apprehend a person under sentence of a Court of Justice.

for any offence, intentionally omits to apprehend such person, or intentionally suffers such person to

escape, or intentionally aids such person in escaping or attempting to escape from such confinement, shall be punished as follows, that is to say;

Punishment.

With transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to fourteen years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, is under sentence of death: or

With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, with or without fine, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, is subject by a sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such sentence, to transportation for life or penal servitude for life, or to transportation or penal servitude or imprisonment for a term of ten years or upwards; or

With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both, if the person in confinement, or who ought to have been apprehended, is subject by a sentence of a Court of Justice to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

servant.

223. Whoever, being a public servant, legally bound Escape from confinement as such public servant to keep negligently suffered by a public in confinement any person charged with or convicted of any offence, negligently suffers such person to escape from confinement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

The two following sections relate to resistance or illegal obstruction offered to the lawful apprehension of any person The provisions of the 4th chapter concerning the right of private defence,especially such of them as relate to the limitation of this right when an act is done by or by the direction of a public servant (Section 99), should be consulted.

sion.

224. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or Resistance or obstruction by illegal obstruction to the lawa person to his lawful apprehen- ful apprehension of himself for any offence with which he is charged, or of which he has been convicted, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained for any such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Explanation. The punishment in this section is in addition to the punishment for which the person to be apprehended or detained in custody, was liable for the offence with which he was charged, or of which he was convicted.

Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of another person.

225. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years,

Punishment.

or with fine, or with both;

Or, if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with, or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with transportation for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine;

Or, if the person to be apprehended, or rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with, or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either descripfor a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine;