Youth Justice Act 2024
538Offence to prevent child or young person from returning to youth justice custodial centre
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538 Offence to prevent child or young person from returning to youth justice custodial centre
(1) A person, knowing that a child or young person has escaped or is absent without lawful authority from a youth justice custodial centre in which the child or young person is held in custody, must not
prevent the child or young person from returning to the youth justice custodial centre.
(2) A person, knowing that a child or young person has escaped or is absent without lawful authority from the legal custody of the Chief Commissioner of Police or of any police officer or youth justice custodial officer in whose legal custody the child or young person may be, must not prevent the child or young person from returning to that custody.