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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.
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(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.
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(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.