# Children Act 1975, Paragraph 58


In section 69—
(a) in subsection (1), at the end there are added the following words— “ ; and a court, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the child is within any premises, may grant a search warrant authorising a constable to search those premises for the child.”.
(b) for subsection (5) there is substituted—
“(5) In this and the next following section any reference—
(a) to a child absconding includes a reference to his being unlawfully taken away;
(b) to a child absconding from a place or from the control of a person includes a reference to his absconding while being taken to, or awaiting being taken to, that place or that person as the case may be.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/72/schedule/3/paragraph/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-3/paragraph-58
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