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Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act - Chapter 61

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Country (linked Laws): Kenya

Entry into Force: Oct 1, 2012

Language: English

Summary: An Act of Parliament to implement Kenya’s obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime particularly its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; to provide for the offences relating to trafficking in persons and for connected purposes.

The Act contains the following Parts: I. Preliminary; II. Trafficking in Persons and Related Offences; III. Trial of Offenders and Remedies for Victims of Trafficking in Persons; IV. The Counter-Trafficking in Persons Advisory Committee; V. National Assistance Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons; VI. Miscellaneous Provisions, plus two Schedules.

"2. “exploitation” includes but is not limited to - (a) keeping a person in a state of slavery; (b) subjecting a person to practices similar to slavery; (c) involuntary servitude; (d) forcible or fraudulent use of any human being for removal of organs or body parts; (e) forcible or fraudulent use of any human being to take part in armed conflict; (f) forced labour; (g) child labour; (h) sexual exploitation; (i) child marriage; (j) forced marriage;"

"3. Trafficking in persons. (1) A person commits the offence of trafficking in persons when the person recruits, transports, transfers, harbours or receives another person for the purpose of exploitation by means of - (a) threat or use of force or other forms of coercion; (b) abduction; (c) fraud; (d) deception; (e) abuse of power or of position of vulnerability; (f) giving payments or benefits to obtain the consent of the victim of trafficking in persons; or (g) giving or receiving payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control over another person."

Keywords

Compensation
Consent
Marriage based on free consent of the parties
Organized criminal groups
Proceeds of crime
Public institutions
Trafficking for sexual exploitation
Trafficking of adults
Trafficking of children
Victims

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