Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILD WELFARE ACT 1947 - SECT 125

125 .         Interfering with wards or children placed under control of the Department an offence

                A person who —

            (a)         without the authority of the Director-General, takes or removes a ward or child placed under the control of the Department from any situation in which he has been placed at the requirement of the Director-General;

            (b)         directly or indirectly, counsels or induces a ward or child placed under the control of the Department to abscond or escape from any situation in which he has been placed at the requirement of the Director-General;

            (c)         knowingly, aids or abets a ward or child placed under the control of the Department in absconding or escaping from, harbours a ward or child placed under the control of the Department, who has been taken or removed or has absconded or escaped from, or prevents the return of any such person to, any situation in which he has been placed at the requirement of the Director-General; or

            (d)         having a ward or child placed under the control of the Department placed in his care, fails or refuses to hand over such person to an officer of the Department or a police officer, authorised to receive the child, on demand,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty: $4 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        [Section 125 inserted by No. 27 of 1967 s. 25; amended by No. 73 of 1976 s. 112; No. 121 of 1984 s. 18; No. 49 of 1988 s. 30; No. 78 of 1995 s. 147.]

[ 126.                 Repealed by No. 49 of 1988 s. 31.]

[ 126A.         Repealed by No. 104 of 1994 s. 213.]

[ 126B.         Repealed by No. 49 of 1988 s. 31.]