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Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Care and Protection of Trafficked Persons
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Care and Protection of Trafficked Persons
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If a trafficked person is placed in a shelter, any person who -
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;
removes the trafficked person from such shelter without lawful authority;
knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a trafficked person to escape from such shelter; or
knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such shelter a trafficked person who has escaped, or knowingly assists in so doing, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
If any trafficked person who is placed in a shelter is removed without la*l authority, or escapes. from such shelter, he may be retaken by any authorised officer and immediately returned to such shelter.
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;
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