Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act No. 7 of 2013)Chapter 2 : Offences, Penalties and Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction9. Liability of carriers |
| (1) | A carrier who transports a person within or across the borders of the Republic, and who knows that the person is a victim of trafficking or ought reasonably to have known that the person is a victim of trafficking, is guilty of an offence. |
| (2) | A carrier who, on reasonable grounds, suspects that any of its passengers is a victim of trafficking must immediately report that suspicion to a police official for investigation. |
| (3) | A carrier who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) is guilty of an offence. |
| (4) | A carrier is liable to pay the expenses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred in connection with the care, accommodation, transportation and repatriation or return of the victim to his or her country of origin or country or place from where he or she was trafficked, if the court finds, on a balance of probabilities, that the carrier has knowingly transported a victim of trafficking or ought reasonably to have known or suspected that it was transporting a victim of trafficking. |