CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 390 Offence to harbour or conceal child or young person

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 390

    A person must not—

        (a)     harbour or conceal, or assist in harbouring or concealing, a child or young person; or

        (b)     prevent, or assist in preventing, a child or young person from returning to a place or care;

if the person knows that the child or young person is absent without lawful authority or excuse from a place in which the child or young person has been placed or the person in whose care the child or young person has been placed under the authority of a care and protection order or an interim care and protection order.

Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.