Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 318

318 Obstructing rescue or escape from unsafe premises

(1) Any person who unlawfully obstructs anyone in the other person’s efforts to save the life of someone who is in, or escaping from, dangerous, destroyed or other unsafe premises commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for life.

(2) In this section—

"obstruct" includes hinder and attempt to obstruct.