Children and Young Persons Act · s 94

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94.
Removing or helping child or young person to escape from custody
(1) If a child or young person is placed in a place of safety or in the custody of any person under this Act, any person who —

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(a) removes the child or young person from such place of safety or such custody without lawful authority;
(b) knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a child or young person to escape from such place of safety or such custody;
or
(c) knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such place of safety or such custody, a child or young person who has so escaped, or knowingly assists in so doing, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
(2) If any child or young person who is placed in a place of safety or in the custody of any person under this Act is removed without lawful authority, or escapes, from such place of safety or such custody, he may be retaken by any protector or police officer and returned to such place of safety or such custody.

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s 94Removing or helping child or young person to escape from custody

(1)

If a child or young person is placed in a place of safety or in the custody of any person under this Act, any person who —

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(a)

removes the child or young person from such place of safety or such custody without lawful authority;

(b)

knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a child or young person to escape from such place of safety or such custody;

(c)

knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such place of safety or such custody, a child or young person who has so escaped, or knowingly assists in so doing, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.

(2)

If any child or young person who is placed in a place of safety or in the custody of any person under this Act is removed without lawful authority, or escapes, from such place of safety or such custody, he may be retaken by any protector or police officer and returned to such place of safety or such custody.