Prevention of People Smuggling Act · s 7

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s 7Facilitating stay of smuggled person

(1)

Any person who facilitates the continued presence of a smuggled person in a receiving country in order to obtain a financial or other material benefit is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$1,000,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 years and whipping.

(2)

For. the purpose of subseetion (I), such assistance or facilitation

includes producing, providing or procuring forged travel or identity documents in respect of the smuggled person.

(3)

Where a smuggled person is found at any premises or place, the occupier of such premises or place shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have facilitated the continued presence of that person at such premises or place in order to obtain a financial or material benefit.