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A person who—
(a)knowingly assists or induces a child to abscond in circumstances which render the child liable to arrest under subsection (1) or (3) of section 82 of this Act;
(b)knowingly and persistently attempts to induce a child so to abscond;
(c)knowingly harbours or conceals a child who has so absconded; or
(d)knowingly prevents a child from returning—
(i)to a place mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of the said subsection (1);
(ii)to a person mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection, or in the said subsection (3),
shall, subject to section 38(3) and (4) of this Act, to section 52(5) and (6) of the [1989 c. 41.] Children Act 1989 and to Article 70(5) and (6) of the [S.I. 1995/755 (N.I.2)] Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (analogous provision for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland), be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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