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(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, a person not falling within section 1(2)(a) or (b) above commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, he takes or detains a child under the age of sixteen—
(a)so as to remove him from the lawful control of any person having lawful control of the child ; or
(b)so as to keep him out of the lawful control of any person entitled to lawful control of the child.
(2)In proceedings against any person for an offence under this section, it shall be a defence for that person to show that at the time of the alleged offence—
(a)he believed that the child had attained the age of sixteen ; or
(b)in the case of an illegitimate child, he had reasonable grounds for believing himself to be the child's father.
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