| 单词 | abduction |
| 释义 | abduction abduction the wrongful taking away (usually by force) of a person. In respect of the taking away of a girl under the age of 16, it is a statu- tory offence in terms of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.In Scotland the abduction of a girl under 18 is an offence under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976. There is also a common law crime of abduction with intent to ravish. The problem of separated parents removing children from one country to another is now regulated in many states by the applica- tion of the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The child should normally be returned to its coun- try of habitual residence unless there is a grave risk of physical or psychological harm or an otherwise intolerable situation. See, for example, in re C (a minor) [1999] TLR 371. |
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