34B—Removing child from State for marriage
(1) A person must not
take a child from the State, or arrange for a child to be taken from the
State, with the intention of causing the child to be married.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for
a basic offence—imprisonment for 15 years;
(b) for
an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 19 years.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), if it is proved that—
(a) the
defendant took a child, or arranged for a child to be taken, from the State;
and
(b) the
child, while outside the State, went through the form or ceremony of marriage,
it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the
defendant took the child, or arranged for the child to be taken, from the
State (as the case may be) with the intention of causing the child to be
married.