Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act No. 7 of 2013)

Chapter 2 : Offences, Penalties and Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction

4. Trafficking in persons

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(1)Any person who delivers, recruits, transports, transfers, harbours, sells, exchanges, leases or receives another person within or across the borders of the Republic, by means of—
(a)a threat of harm;
(b)the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion;
(c)the abuse of vulnerability;
(d)fraud;
(e)deception;
(f)abduction;
(g)kidnapping;
(h)the abuse of power;
(i)the direct or indirect giving or receiving of payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control or authority over another person; or
(j)the direct or indirect giving or receiving of payments, compensation, rewards, benefits or any other advantage,

aimed at either the person or an immediate family member of that person or any other person in close relationship to that person, for the purpose of any form or manner of exploitation, is guilty of the offence of trafficking in persons.

 

(2)        Any person who—

(a)adopts a child, facilitated or secured through legal or illegal means; or
(b)concludes a forced marriage with another person,

within or across the borders of the Republic, for the purpose of the exploitation of that child or other person in any form or manner, is guilty of an offence.