4 Penalties for assisting offenders
Criminal Law Act 1967 (1967 c 58) | Legislation

4  Penalties for assisting offenders

(1)     Where a person has committed [a relevant offence], any other person who, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offence or of some [other relevant offence], does without lawful authority or reasonable excuse any act with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution shall be guilty of an offence.

[(1A)     In this section and section 5 below, “relevant offence” means—

(a)     an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law,

(b)     an offence for which a person of 18 years or over (not

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