Section 47 Child’s Right Act

Section 47 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Abduction of children in care, etc. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act.

(1) A person who knowingly and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse‐
(a) takes or keeps a child to whom this section applies away from the person responsible for the child; or
(b) induces, assists or incites a child to whom this section applies to run away or stay away from the person responsible for the child, commits an offence under this section and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding seventy thousand naira or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) This section applies in relation to a child who is‐
(a) in care;
(b) the subject of an emergency protection order ; or
(c) taken into police protection