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Child Abduction Act 1984

CHAPTER 37

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I
Offences under Law of England and Wales
Section
1. Offence of abduction of child by parent etc.
2. Offence of abduction of child by other persons.
3. Construction of references to taking, sending and detaining.
4. Penalties and prosecutions.
5. Restriction on prosecutions for offence of kidnapping.
Part II
Offence under Law of Scotland
6. Offence in Scotland of parent, etc. taking or sending child out of United Kingdom.
7. Power of arrest.
8. Penalties and prosecutions.
9. Proof and admissibility of certain documents.
10. Evidence.
Part III
Supplementary
11. Consequential amendments and repeals.
12. Enactment of corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.
13. Short title, commencement and extent.
Schedule:—
Modifications of section 1 for children in certain cases.