Section 26
of Children and Young Persons Act 1947
Section 26
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vhery person w O takes any part Ill a_nh
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f hie
:ustody o~
is to transf
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:hil~.01 of a or permane!~1;r ~hnfer, wh lly or partly, temporlarf a
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e possess on custody or cont~o O to mtprisonmeJit 0/u~~te cons deration shall be liable ot exceeding two ei er de cription for any terrn n
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years.
CHILDREN AND YO UNG PERSONS ·
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(2)
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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or as i h'
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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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