If any person committed to prison, for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for a capital offense, shall break prison and escape, he shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

R.L. 1910, § 4616; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 502 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 367, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 721, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).