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Maryland LEGISLATION
SB454—Child kidnapping for the purpose of committing a sexual crime—Penalty
2014 Maryland Criminal Law
This bill alters the elements of a specified prohibition so as to prohibit the act of persuading or enticing from home and knowingly secreting or harboring or aiding in the secreting or harboring of an individual under age 16 for the purpose of committing a specified sexual crime; reclassifying the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony; increasing from 10 to 25 years the maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of the Act.
Effective: April 04, 2014