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1. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or over who induces, aids or encourages a child to violate any federal, state or local law or municipal ordinance of the city, or tends to cause children to become or remain delinquent, or aids, contributes to, or becomes responsible for the neglect or delinquency of any child; and

2. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or over having a child in his legal custody or in his employment who willfully abuses or ill treats, neglects, or abandons such child in any manner likely to cause the child unnecessary suffering or serious injury to his health or morals; and

3. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or over who forcibly takes away a child from or encourages him to leave the legal or physical custody of any person, agency or institution in which the child has been legally placed for the purpose of care, support, education, or adoption, or any person who knowingly detains or harbors such child, or any person who commits any act described above is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months and by a fine not exceeding two hundred ninety-nine dollars ($299.00), or by both. (Ord. 2000-4, repealed and replaced, 2000)