Resisting or assaulting officers

(1) If any person resists or assaults the Superintendent or any Keeper of any prison or any other officer or police officer having the lawful charge of any prisoner, or any prison officer in the execution of his duty, or aids or incites any person so to resist or assault any such officer or police officer, he shall for every such offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months. (2) If the person committing the offence is a prisoner, he shall for every such offence be liable on conviction thereof before the Supreme Court to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years.