Prevention of People Smuggling Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 2
7. Facilitating stay of smuggled person
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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
smuggled person
"smuggled person" means any person who is a victim or object of an act of people smuggling, regardless of whether the perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted;
$1,000,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 years and whipping.
For. the purpose of subseetion (I), such assistance or facilitation
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includes producing, providing or procuring forged travel or identity documents in respect of the smuggled person.
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.
premises
"premises" includes - (a) a vehicle, ship, aircraft or hovercraft; (b) an installation which is maintained, or is intended to be established for underwater exploitation or exploration; (c) tent or other movable structure;
Terms defined in s 2
premises
Defined · s 2"premises" includes - (a) a vehicle, ship, aircraft or hovercraft; (b) an installation which is maintained, or is intended to be established for underwater exploitation or exploration; (c) tent or other movable structure;
receiving country
Defined · s 2"receiving country" means any country into which a smuggled person is brought or is arranged to be brought as part of an act of people smuggling;
smuggled person
Defined · s 2"smuggled person" means any person who is a victim or object of an act of people smuggling, regardless of whether the perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted;
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