Whoever, knowing or having reason to believe that any persons are about to commit or have recently committed robbery or gang-robbery, harbours them or any of them with the intention of facilitating the commission of such robbery or gang-robbery or of screening them or any of them from punishment, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 216A — Harbouring robbers or gang-robbers, etc.
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Explanation.—For the purpose of this section it is immaterial whether the robbery or gang-robbery is intended to be committed or has been committed within or without Singapore.
Exception.—This provision does not extend to the case in which the harbouring is by the husband or wife of the offender.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 216A]