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CHILDREN'S PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 52AAC

52AAC—Offence of harbouring or concealing a child etc

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         harbour or conceal, or assist another person to harbour or conceal, a child; or

            (b)         prevent, or assist another person to prevent, the return of a child to a State care placement,

if the person knows that the child is absent from a State care placement without lawful authority.

Maximum penalty: $12 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.

        (2)         In this section—

"State care placement", in relation to a child, means placement of the child in the care of a person, or in a place, by the Minister pursuant to section 51(1).



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