ABSTRACT
This Act was a pre-CA 1989 attempt to regulate the removal of children from the jurisdiction without having to have recourse to wardship or kidnapping under the common law, for which the consent of the DPP is required for a prosecution. The Act tends to be of little practical importance since a parent who is determined to remove a child is unlikely to be deterred by any statute, even one imposing criminal liability, despite the fact that the sanction for breach is six months’ imprisonment or a fine if convicted by the magistrates, or seven years’ imprisonment on indictment.
