CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] 174. Child stealing (1) Any person who, with intent to deprive any parent, guardian or other person who has the lawful care or charge of a child under the age of fourteen years of the possession of the child— (a) forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices away or detains the child; or (b) receives or harbours the child, knowing it to have been so taken or enticed away or detained, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. (2) It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this section to prove that the accused person claimed in good faith a right to the possession of the child, or, in the case of an illegitimate child, is its mother or claimed to be its father. CHAPTER XVII – NUISANCES AND OFFENCES AGAINST HEALTH AND CONVENIENCE 175. Common nuisance (1) Any person who does an act not authorized by law or omits to discharge a legal duty and thereby causes any common injury, or danger or annoyance, or obstructs or causes inconvenience to the public in the exercise of common rights, commits the misdemeanour termed a common nuisance and is liable to imprisonment for one year. (2) It is immaterial that the act or omission complained of is convenient to a larger number of the public than it inconveniences, but the fact that it facilitates the lawful exercise of their rights by a part of the public may show that it is not a nuisance to any of the public. 176. Deleted by Act No. 9 of 1966, s. 71. 177. Deleted by Act No. 9 of 1966, s. 71. 178. Deleted by Act No. 9 of 1966, s. 71. 179. Deleted by Act No. 9 of 1966, s. 71. 180. Deleted by Act No. 9 of 1966, s. 71. 181. Traffic in obscene publications (1) Any person who— (a) for the purpose of or by way of trade or for the purpose of distribution or public exhibition, makes, produces or has in his possession any one or more obscene writings, drawings, prints, paintings, printed matter, pictures, posters, emblems, photographs, cinematograph films or any other obscene objects, or any other object tending to corrupt morals; or (b) for any of the purposes above mentioned imports, conveys or exports, or causes to be imported, conveyed or exported, any such matters or things, or in any manner whatsoever puts any of them in circulation; or [Issue 1] P6-62