Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Offences
11. Obligation of owner etc. of conveyance
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person being the owner. operator or master of any conveyance that engages in the conveyance of goods or people for commercial gain shall ensure that every person travelling on board is in possession of travel documents for the lawful entry of that person into the receiving country or transit country, and if not, shall refuse to convey such person.
owner
"owner" includes any part-owner, charterer or consignee in possession thereof or any duly authorised agent of any such person;
Ally person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.
In any proceedings for an offence under this section, it shall be a defence for such owner. operator or master to prove that -
master
"master" includes any person in command or having charge of any means of transport;
he has reasonable grounds to believe that the travel documents of the person referred to in subsection (1) are travel documents required for lawful entry of that person into the receiving country or transit country;
the person referred to in subsection (1) possessed travel documents required for lawful entry to the receiving country or transit country when that person boarded, or last boarded, the conveyance to travel to the receiving country or transit country; or
the entry of the person referred to in subsection (1) into the receiving or transit country occurred only because of illness or injury to that person. stress of weather or any other circumstances beyond the control of such owner, operator or master.
Any person convicted of an offence under this section is liable to pay the costs ofthe trafficked person's removal from the receiving country or transit country.
trafficked person
"trafficked person" means any person who is the victim or object of an offence of people trafficking regardless of whether that person consented or not;
Where there is no prosecution or conviction under this section, the owner, operator or master of the conveyance used shall be jointly and severally liable for all expenses incurred by the Government in respect of the maintenance of the trafficked
conveyance
"conveyance" means any vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft, or any other mode of transport whether by air, sea or land;
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Anti-Traflcking in Persons
In this section, "transit country" means the country from which, or into or through which, a trafficked person, is brought or travels through by air, land or sea or temporarily remains in as part of an act of people trafficking.
people trafficking
"people trafficking" means the recruitment, transportation. transfer, harbouring or receipt of a person for the purposes of exploitation as set out in section 5;
Terms defined in s 2
conveyance
Defined · s 2"conveyance" means any vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft, or any other mode of transport whether by air, sea or land;
master
Defined · s 2"master" includes any person in command or having charge of any means of transport;
owner
Defined · s 2"owner" includes any part-owner, charterer or consignee in possession thereof or any duly authorised agent of any such person;
people trafficking
Defined · s 2"people trafficking" means the recruitment, transportation. transfer, harbouring or receipt of a person for the purposes of exploitation as set out in section 5;
receiving country
Defined · s 2"receiving country" means any country or territory into which a trafficked person is brought or is arranged to be brought as part of an act of people trafficking:
trafficked person
Defined · s 2"trafficked person" means any person who is the victim or object of an offence of people trafficking regardless of whether that person consented or not;
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