SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12 Minor Amendments
The Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)
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1
In section 2 of that Act (offence of abduction of child by other persons), in subsection (1) for the words from “Subject" to “above" there shall be substituted “
Subject to subsection (3) below, a person, other than one mentioned in subsection (2) below."
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2
For subsection (2) of that section there shall be substituted—
2
The persons are—
a
where the father and mother of the child in question were married to each other at the time of his birth, the child’s father and mother;
b
where the father and mother of the child in question were not married to each other at the time of his birth, the child’s mother; and
c
any other person mentioned in section 1(2)(c) to (e) above.
3
In proceedings against any person for an offence under this section, it shall be a defence for that person to prove—
a
where the father and mother of the child in question were not married to each other at the time of his birth—
i
that he is the child’s father; or
ii
that, at the time of the alleged offence, he believed, on reasonable grounds, that he was the child’s father; or
b
that, at the time of the alleged offence, he believed that the child had attained the age of sixteen.