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(a) Whoever, knowing that a crime or offense has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.\n(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Code or any Act of the Legislature, an accessory after the fact shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or fined not more than one-half the maximum fine prescribed by law for the punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal is punishable by imprisonment for life, the accessory shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.\n(c) An accessory to the commission of a felony may be prosecuted, tried and punished though the principal may be neither prosecuted nor tried, or though the principal may have been tried and acquitted.