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Structural division: BOOK IV › CHAPTER II › Section II
Article 425 — Unlawful Release and Aiding to Escape.
Revised Criminal Code (English)
Article text
(1) Any public servant who:
(a) contrary to the law or instructions given to him, releases a person entrusted to his custody under lawful arrest or imprisonment; or
(b) causes, permits or aids any such person to escape, is punishable with simple imprisonment not exceeding three years and fine not exceeding three thousand Birr.
(2) Where the circumstances or the means used for the escape or improper release, the damage caused by it, the seriousness of the grounds on which the detention was ordered, or the dangerous character of the person detained renders the case of exceptional gravity, the fine may be increased up to the maximum prescribed by law and the punishment of deprivation of liberty shall be rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years.
(3) Where the crime is committed negligently, the punishment shall be fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred Birr and simple imprisonment not exceeding one year.
Article 6
Exception: Application of the More Favourable Law.
