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• <br /> Section 48 Custodial Interference <br /> A person commits the offense of custodial interference when: <br /> • <br /> (a) being a relative of a child less than 16 years old, <br /> .i.ntendi.ng to hold such child permanently or for <br /> a protracted period and knowing he or she had no <br /> legal right to do so, he or she takes or entices such <br /> . child from his lawful custodian; or <br /> :(b) -knowing-that he or she has no legal ri.ghl to do so, <br /> :he or she takes or entices from lawful custody any <br /> incompetent person or other person entrusted by <br /> _authority of law to the custody of another person <br /> -or.institution. <br /> �. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Section 48 <br /> =of Article 6 if the Defendant reasonably believed that: <br /> {a) his action Baas necessary to preserve the person from <br /> •danger to his or her welfare; or <br /> • <br /> e.'03) -_the child was at least 16 years of age. <br /> 3. Custodial interference is a Class B offense. <br /> • <br />