{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/37",
  "legislation_title": "Child Abduction Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Restriction on prosecutions for offence of kidnapping.",
  "text": "Except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions no prosecution shall be instituted for an offence of kidnapping if it was committed—\n(a) against a child under the age of sixteen; and\n(b) by a person connected with the child, within the meaning of section 1 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:06.977456+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}