SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
ASSISTANCE AFTER THE FACT AND HANDLING STOLEN GOODS

Section 257
Assistance after the fact

(1) Whosoever renders assistance to another who has committed an unlawful act, with the intent of securing for him the benefits of that act, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine.
(2) The penalty must not be more severe than that for the act.
(3) Whosoever is liable as an accomplice to the act shall not be liable for assistance after the fact. This shall not apply to a person who abets another person who did not take part in the act to provide assistance after the fact.
(4) An offence of assistance after the fact may only be prosecuted upon request, authorisation or a request by the foreign state if the offender could only be prosecuted upon request, authorisation or a request by the foreign state if he had been a principal or secondary participant to the act. Section 248 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Section 258
Assistance in avoiding prosecution or punishment

(1) Whosoever intentionally or knowingly obstructs in whole or in part the punishment of another in accordance with the criminal law because of an unlawful act or his being subjected to a measure (section 11(1) No 8) shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine.
(2) Whosoever intentionally or knowingly obstructs in whole or in part the enforcement of a sentence or measure imposed on another shall incur the same penalty.
(3) The penalty must not be more severe than that for the act.
(4) The attempt shall be punishable.
(5) Whosoever by the offence simultaneously intends to avoid, in whole or in part, his own punishment or being subjected to a measure or that a sentence or measure imposed on him be enforced shall not be liable under this provision.
(6) Whosoever commits the offence for the benefit of a relative shall be exempt from liability.