Section 26

Every person shall b · H b

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n terill not exceeding tw ' : le to imprisonment for 3 0

[hority or excuse harbo rys arsh, who without lawful a, t 1

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custody or con ro any chil with n is possession tetUPorary or permanent p ssessio respect to whom the has b~en trans£ erred or co f erred nf custody or control derat10n by _any other per on with_or valu~ble consi-Malayan Union.

in or without the

(3') It shall be a defence in an

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this sectio~ to prove that he trin~:~secut10n und~r contemp~at1on of or pursua t to a bona took plac~ 1n or adoption and that at leas one of th · fide marriage of the child or the legal ardian ;anatural pare!lts party to the marriage, or to the adoptio! b ~hnse~tmg ing party, _and had expres ly consented ty the a op~-

cular marriage or adoptio .

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