s 26 Escape from legal custody of approved centre
26.—(1) Any inmate who —(a) while undergoing treatment and rehabilitation in an approved centre escapes from the legal custody of the approved centre; (b) while the inmate is outside an approved centre escapes from the legal custody or control of an officer-in-charge of an approved centre; or (c) while the inmate is otherwise in the legal custody of any other person escapes from the legal custody of that person, shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Any person who —(a) knowingly assists, directly or indirectly, any inmate of an approved centre to escape from the approved centre; (b) induces any such inmate so to escape; or (c) knowing that any inmate has escaped from an approved centre, harbours or conceals, or assists in harbouring or concealing that inmate or causes or induces that inmate not to return to the approved centre, shall be guilty of an offence.