Section 153Part 5 — Offences Injurious to the Public in General
Child stealing
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153. (1) A person who with intent to deprive any parent, guardian, or other person, having parental responsibility within the meaning of the Children Act (2012 Revision) for a child under the age of fourteen years, of the possession of the child —
forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices away, or detains the child; or
receives or harbours the child, knowing the child to have been so taken or enticed away or detained, commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
It is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that the accused person claimed in good faith a right to the possession of the child, or in the case of an illegitimate child, is its mother or claimed to be its father. D - Nuisances and Offences against Health