Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 128E

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128E. A person who uses or threatens to use any force or restraint or injures or threaten s to injure, or causes or threa tens to cause anything to the detriment of a parent of a child with the intention of: (a) inducing a parent to offer or refrain from offering the child for adoption; (b) influencing a parent on whether or not to consent to the adoption, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liab le to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months but not exceeding six months or to a fine ( multa ) of not less than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cen ts (1,164.69) but not more than two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-se ven cents (2,329.37), or to both. Removal of child. Added by: IV .2008.41.

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