Part V

Absence without leave

71 Harbouring.

Any person who knowingly—

(a)

assists or induces or persistently attempts to induce a child so to act as to be liable to be brought back in pursuance of either of the two last foregoing sections, or

(b)

harbours or conceals a child so liable or prevents him from returning to a place or person mentioned in either of those sections,

shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.