Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 187

187 .         Offence to remove certain children from where they live

        (1)         A person must not, by any conduct carried out within the State, without lawful authority, remove a child from the place where the child lives under —

            (a)         a child protection order, other than a protection order under Part 4; or

            (b)         an interim order.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $24 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         If conduct constitutes an offence under subsection (1) and under a law of another State, a person who is convicted, found guilty or acquitted of the offence under that other law is not liable to be prosecuted for the offence under that subsection.

        [Section 187 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 85; No. 18 of 2021 s. 76.]