🔍Search Tips
- • Search by keyword: "land", "tax", "arrest"
- • Use exact phrases: "land commission"
- • Enter citations: 45, 45(3)(a), 45:3:a
- • Press / to search, Esc to close
Searching all Ugandan Acts. Comprehensive results.
Beta Version
Report any issues you encounter
(1)Any person who, with intent to deprive any parent, guardian or other person who has the lawful care or charge of a child under the age of fourteen years, of the possession of the child—
(a)forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices away, or detains the child; or
(b)receives or harbours the child, knowing the child to have been so taken or enticed away or detained,
commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.
(2)It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this section to prove that the accused person claimed in good faith a right to the possession of the child, or in the case of an illegitimate child, is the mother or claimed to be the father of the child.
You cannot take or hide a child under 14 from their parent or lawful guardian with the intent to permanently keep them away. Doing so is a felony and ...
AI-generated, for reference only.
Searching within Penal Code Act. Faster results.