(1) Any person who takes a child from the State, or arranges for a child to be
taken from the State, with the intention of having female genital mutilation
performed on the child is guilty of a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty—14 years imprisonment.
(2) In the absence of proof to the
contrary, it is to be presumed that a person took a child, or arranged for a
child to be taken, from the State with the intention of having
female genital mutilation performed on the child if it is proved—
(a) the
person took the child, or arranged for the child to be taken, from the State;
and