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119: Breaking prison
or “Using force to escape from prison or help others escape can result in up to 7 years in jail.”
You could also call this:

“The law says you can get in trouble if you run away when you're supposed to stay somewhere because of the rules.”

If you escape from lawful custody, you can go to prison for up to 5 years. This applies if:

You were found guilty of a crime and escape from where you’re being held.

You escape from prison, whether you’ve been found guilty or not.

You escape from a place where you’re required to stay because of an order under sections 38, 42, and 44 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 or section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

You escape from a residence where you’re required to stay under a public protection order made under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014.

You escape from any other type of lawful custody.

Even if the warrant or process that put you in custody wasn’t correct, it’s still considered lawful custody for this law.

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Next up: 121: Assisting escape from lawful custody

or “Helping someone get out of jail or other official custody when they're not supposed to”
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Part 6 Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice
Escapes and rescues

120Escape from lawful custody

  1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who,—

  2. having been convicted of an offence, escapes from any lawful custody in which he or she may be under the conviction; or
    1. whether convicted or not, escapes from any prison in which he or she is lawfully detained; or
      1. being subject to an order or direction made under any of sections 38, 42, and 44 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 or section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, escapes from the place in which he or she is required to stay under the order; or
        1. being subject to a public protection order made under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, escapes from the residence in which he or she is required to stay under that Act; or
          1. being in lawful custody otherwise than aforesaid, escapes from such custody.

            1. For the purposes of this section, custody under an illegal warrant or other irregular process shall be deemed to be lawful.

            Compare
            • 1908 No 32 ss 142, 143, 147(2)
            • 1954 No 51 Schedule 1
            Notes
            • Section 120(1)(b): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
            • Section 120(1)(ba): replaced, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
            • Section 120(1)(ba): amended, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).
            • Section 120(1)(bb): inserted, on , by section 141(2) of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014 (2014 No 68).