Children Act, 2001

Harbouring escaped child.

217.—Any person who knowingly harbours, maintains or conceals a child or otherwise prevents a child from returning to a children detention school or to any person with whom he or she has been placed out on supervision in the community shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £750 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.