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Prevention of Trafficking In Persons Act
2009
(f) advertises, publishes, prints, broadcasts, distributes or causes
the advertisement, publication, printing, broadcasting or
distribution by any means, including the use of information
technology and the internet of any pornographic or other
material intended or likely to facilitate trafficking in persons;
(g) in any way engages in the selling or buying of persons;
(h) recruits, transports, transfers, harbours or receives a child for
any purpose without authority of the parent or guardian of
such a child; except that this provision shall not apply
where the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring
or receipt is done lawfully, in good faith and in the best
interests of the child;
(i) abandons a child. in circumstances likely to cause fear,
isolation, injury, pain or other harm; or to facilitate the
trafficking of that child;
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
one hundred and twenty currency points or to imprisonment for five
years, or both such imprisonment and fine, and on subsequent
conviction for the same offence, is liable to imprisonment of seven
years without the option of a fine.
8. Offences Related to Trafficking in Persons.
A person who—
(a) attempts to traffic in persons;
(b) conspires with another person to do an act of trafficking in
persons;
(c) recruits, transports, transfers, harbours, provides or receives
a person for domestic or overseas employment or training or
apprenticeship with the intention of trafficking;
(d) recruits a person below 16 years in any form of employment
for the purposes of exploitation;
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