Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act No. 7 of 2013)Chapter 2 : Offences, Penalties and Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction13. Penalties |
(1) A person convicted of an offence referred to in—
[Words preceding Section 13(a) by section 39(a) of Act No. 8 of 2017]
| (a) | section 4(1) is, subject to section 51 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 105 of 1997), liable to a fine not exceeding R100 million or imprisonment, including imprisonment for life, or such imprisonment without the option of a fine or both; |
| (b) | section 4(2) is liable to a fine not exceeding R100 million or imprisonment, including imprisonment for life, or such imprisonment without the option of a fine or both; |
| (c) | section 5, 7 or 23 is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years or both; |
| (cA) | section 6 is liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years without the option of a fine; |
[Section 13(1)(cA) inserted by section 39(b) of Act No. 8 of 2017]
| (d) | section 8(1) is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or both; and |
[Section 13(1)(d)substituted by section 39(c) of Act No. 8 of 2017]
| (e) | section 8(3), 9, 18(9) or 19(13) is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both. |
| (2) | A court that has convicted a person of an offence referred to in section 4, 5, 7 or 8(1) or any involvement in these offences as provided for in section 10, where the offence was committed for purposes of sexual exploitation, must, subject to section 50(2)(c) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007), order in the presence of that person that his or her particulars be included in the National Register for Sex Offenders, established in terms of section 42 of that Act, whereafter the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Act apply with the necessary changes required by the context. |
[Section 13(2) inserted by section 39(d) of Act No. 8 of 2017]