Md. Code, Public Safety § 13A-1013
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Safety § 13A-1013, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Safety — governs police, fire, and emergency services.
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§13A–1013.
Official statutory text
(a) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person:
(1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and
(3) escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority.
(b) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person:
(1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and
(3) goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority.
(c) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person:
(1) is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and
(2) with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority.
(1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) while in correctional custody, is under physical restraint; and
(3) escapes from the physical restraint before being released from the physical restraint by proper authority.
(b) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person:
(1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so;
(2) while in correctional custody, is under restraint other than physical restraint; and
(3) goes beyond the limits of the restraint before being released from the correctional custody or relieved of the restraint by proper authority.
(c) A person subject to this title shall be punished as a court–martial may direct if the person:
(1) is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so; and
(2) with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond those limits before being released by proper authority.
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