Section 25

Every person who takes any part in any transaction the object or one of the objects of which is to transfer or confer, wholly or partly, temporarily or permanently, the possession, custody or control of a child for any valuable consideration shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

Every person who without lawful authority or excuse harbours or has in his possession, custody or control any child with respect to whom the temporary or permanent possession, custody or control has been transferred or conferred for valuable consideration by any other person within or without Singapore shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

It shall be a defence in any prosecution under this section to prove that the transfer took place in contemplation of, or pursuant to, a bona fide marriage or adoption, and that at least one of the natural parents of the child or the legal guardian was a consenting party to the marriage, or to the adoption by the adopting party, and had expressly consented to the particular marriage or adoption.