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Section 84 JJ Act — Kidnapping and abduction of ch ild

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. · Official PDF page 39

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84. Kidnapping and abduction of ch ild.—For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of sections 359 to 369 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall mutatis mutandis apply to a child or a minor who is under the age of eighteen years and all the provisions shall be construed accordingly.

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