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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="3-502" title_number="3" title_name="Other Crimes Against the Person" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Kidnapping">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not, by force or fraud, carry or cause a person to be carried in or outside the State with the intent to have the person carried or concealed in or outside the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Kidnapping does not include the act of a parent in carrying a minor child of that parent in or outside the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
