Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 No. 85, 1987 - SECT 24

24. (1) Any person who escapes from lawful custody while in Australia pursuant
to a request under section 16 shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Sections 46 and 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 apply as if a reference in those
sections to custody in respect of any offence against a law of the
Commonwealth were a reference to custody while in Australia pursuant to a
request under section 16.