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Trafficking in persons

Offences

• Trafficking in persons (adults)

Acts Involved

• Buying/Purchasing/Selling

Exploitative Purposes

• Forced labour or services
• Slavery or practices similar to slavery

Keywords

• Domestic servitude
• Forced labour or services
• Internal trafficking
• Transnational trafficking
 Chapter XVI
 Section 370-371, 374
 Of Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced labour

Entry into Force Date:

1861-05-01

 

Adoption Date:

1861-05-01

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Any Article
  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    370. Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
    Whoever imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any person as a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a salve, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

    371. Habitual dealing in slaves
    Whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in slaves shall be punished will transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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    374. Unlawful compulsory labour
    Whoever unlawfully compels any person to labour against the will of that person shall punished with imprisonment, of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both

     
     
     

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