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OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 - SECT 56

56. Whosoever shall unlawfully, either by force or fraud, lead or take away,
or decoy or entice away or detain, any child under the age of fourteen years,
with intent to deprive any parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful
care or charge of such child of the possession of such child, or with intent
to steal any article upon or about the person of such child, to whomsoever
such article may belong, and whosoever shall, with any such intent, receive or
harbour any such child, knowing the same to have been, by force or fraud, led,
taken, decoyed, enticed away, or detained, as in this section before
mentioned, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be
liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for any
term not exceeding seven years ..., or to be imprisoned ...: Provided, that no
person who shall have claimed any right to the possession of such child, or
shall be the mother or shall have claimed to be the father of an illegitimate
child, shall be liable to be prosecuted by virtue hereof on account of the
getting possession of such child, or taking such child out of the possession
of any person having the lawful charge thereof.

Child-stealing, or receiving stolen child.

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