Section 349 — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

Punishment of accessories after the fact to murder etc

(1) Every accessory after the fact to murder shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years.
(2) Every accessory after the fact to the crime of robbery with arms or in company with one or more person or persons, or the crime of kidnapping referred to in section 86, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

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Related sections

s 347 — Accessories after the fact—how tried and punished
s 347A — Wife may be accessory after fact to husband’s felony
s 348 — Punishment of accessories after the fact to certain treason-related offences
s 350 — Punishment of accessories after the fact to other serious indictable offences
s 351 — Trial and punishment of abettors of minor indictable offences
s 351A — Recruiting persons to engage in criminal activity

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