Certain common law offences not abolished
To remove any doubt, it is declared that the following offences at common law are not abolished by this Division— (a) the offence of escaping from lawful custody, (b) the offence of assisting a person to escape from lawful custody, (c) the offence of refusing to assist a peace officer in the execution of his or her duty in preventing a breach of the peace.
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