There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Child Abduction Act 1984, Section 5.
Except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions no prosecution shall be instituted for an offence of kidnapping if it was committed—
(a)against a child under the age of sixteen; and
(b)by a person connected with the child, within the meaning of section 1 above.
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