Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 109

109 .         Preventing child’s return to place of residence

                A person must not prevent the return of a child to the child’s place of residence if the person knows that the child has left, or has been removed from, the child’s place of residence without lawful authority.

        Penalty: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for one year.

        [Section 109 amended by No. 49 of 2010 s. 85.]