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Offences Against the Human Body
Knowingly concealing or confining a kidnapped/abducted person is punished the same as if the concealer/confiner had themselves kidnapped/abducted that person for the same purpose.
This closes an obvious gap - someone who helps hide or hold a kidnap victim, even if they didn't personally carry out the original kidnapping, faces the SAME liability as the actual kidnapper.
Someone who knowingly helps hide a kidnapping victim - even without having participated in the original abduction - faces the same criminal liability as the actual kidnapper under this section.