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CHAPTER 20. KIDNAPPING AND UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT
§ 20.03. KIDNAPPING.
(a) A person commits an offense
if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
section that:
(1) the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or
to threaten to use deadly force;
(2) the actor was a relative of the person abducted;
and
(3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful
control of the victim.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
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