CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 47B

(1)

A person who:

(a)

in accordance with a permission given under a law of a State or Territory, leaves a prison, lock-up or other place of lawful detention where the person is in custody, or is detained under Division 6 or 7 of Part 1B or section 20BS, in respect of any offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; and

(b)

refuses or fails to return to that prison, lock-up or other place in accordance with that permission;

is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

(1A)

Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

(2)

In this section: