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A-16.1 - Act to assist in locating missing persons
Section 1
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1. For the purposes of this Act, a missing person is a person
(1) who has not been in contact with the persons they would normally be in contact with or regarding whom it is reasonable to fear for the health or safety in the circumstances; and
(2) whose whereabouts are unknown, despite reasonable efforts made by a police force to locate the person.
In addition, a person accompanying a missing person is a person regarding whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are accompanying a missing person who is a minor or a person in a vulnerable situation within the meaning of the fifth paragraph of section 2 of the Act to combat maltreatment of seniors and other persons of full age in vulnerable situations (chapter L-6.3).
