Section 9: Removal from place of safety
consolidated text (as at 2009). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
9. Removal from place of safety
Where a child is placed in a place of safety, any person who knowingly
and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(a) takes or keeps the child away;
(b) does any act for the purpose of enabling the child to stay or run
away,
shall commit an offence.
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Questions this section answers
- Is it an offence to take a child away from a place of safety without lawful authority?