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Sec. 138.
    A person who in any manner interferes or attempts to interfere with the custody of any
 child who has been adjudged to be dependent, neglected, or delinquent pursuant to chapter
 XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32, after the making of
 an order of commitment to a state institution or otherwise, in accordance with that act and
 pending the actual admission and reception of the child as an inmate of the institution, school,
 or home to which commitment is made; and any person who entices the neglected, dependent,
 or delinquent child from and out of the custody of the person or persons entitled thereto under
 the order of the court or who shall in any way interfere or attempt to interfere with the


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 custody; and a person who entices or procures the child committed as aforesaid to leave and
 depart from any hospital or other place where the child was placed pursuant to the order of the
 court for the purpose of receiving medical treatment pending admission into the state
 institution, school, home, or other institution or place to which commitment may have been
 made, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a
 fine of not more than $1,000.00.