Section 118
Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment
of Penal Code
Whoever intending to facilitate, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby facilitate, the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for 15 years, voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such offence, or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design, shall -
(a)
if that offence is committed, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years; or
(b)
if the offence is not committed, to imprisonment for a terrn not exceeding 3 years, and in either case, shall also be liable to fine.
Penal Code
CAP. 22 65
Illustrwtion
A, knowing that a gang-robbery is about to be committed at B, falsely informs the
Magistrate that a gang-robbery is about to be committed at C, a place in an opposite ctirection, and therebjmisleads t h e m s i r a t e with intemacifitate the c o K s s i o n of the offence. The gang-robbery is committed at B in pursuance of the design. A is punishable under this section.