ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Penal Code
174. Child stealing
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
174. Child stealing
(1)Any person who, with intent to deprive any parent, guardian or other person who has the lawful care or charge of a child under the age of fourteen years of the possession of the child—(a)forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices away or detains the child; or(b)receives or harbours the child, knowing it to have been so taken or enticed away or detained,is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.(2)It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this section to prove that the accused person claimed in good faith a right to the possession of the child, or, in the case of an illegitimate child, is its mother or claimed to be its father.