Section 27 Child’s Right Act

Section 27 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Abduction, removal and transfer from lawful custody. It is under Part III (Use of Children in Other Criminal Activities) of the Act.

(1) No person shall remove or take a child out of the custody or protection of his father or mother, guardian or such other person having lawful care or charge of the child against the will of the father, mother, guardian or other person.

(2) A person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction‐

(a) where the child is unlawfully removed or taken out of Federal Republic of Nigeria‐
(i) with intention to return the child to Nigeria, to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years; or
(ii) with no intention to return the child to Nigeria, to imprisonment for a term of twenty years;

(b) where the child is unlawfully removed or taken out of the State in which the father, mother, guardian or such other person who has lawful care of the child is ordinarily resident, to imprisonment for a term of ten years; or

(c) in any case, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.