Section 16-10-53. Aiding or permitting another to escape lawful custody or confinement

   (a) A person who knowingly aids another in escaping from lawful custody or from any place of lawful confinement shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.

(b) A peace officer or employee of any place of lawful confinement who recklessly permits any person in his custody to escape is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 807; Code 1863, §§ 4376, 4377, 4379; Code 1868, §§ 4414, 4415, 4417; Code 1873, §§ 4482, 4483, 4485; Ga. L. 1876, p. 112, § 2; Code 1882, §§ 4482, 4483, 4483b, 4485; Penal Code 1895, §§ 312, 313, 315, 317; Penal Code 1910, §§ 317, 318, 320, 322; Code 1933, §§ 26-4505, 26-4506, 26-4508, 26-4510; Ga. L. 1955, p. 578, § 2; Code 1933, § 26-2502, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.