CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 107
CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 107
107 . Removing child from place of residence
(1) In this section
—
another law means a law of another State or a
Territory or New Zealand.
(2) A person must not,
without lawful authority, remove a child from the child’s place of
residence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $12 000 and
imprisonment for one year.
(3) A person must not,
without lawful authority, counsel, induce or assist a child to leave the
child’s place of residence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $12 000 and
imprisonment for one year.
(4) Subsections (2)
and (3) apply whether the conduct constituting the offence is carried out
wholly within or wholly outside the State or partly within and partly outside
the State.
(5) If conduct
constitutes an offence under this section and an offence under another law, a
person who is convicted, found guilty or acquitted of the offence under
another law is not liable to be prosecuted for the offence under this section.
[Section 107 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 85; No. 18
of 2021 s. 76.]