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5.   Offence of trafficking in persons

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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Part 2
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND RELATED PROVISIONS

5.   Offence of trafficking in persons

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    (1)   A person who—

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      (a)     engages in;

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      (b)     conspires to engage in;

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      (c)     attempts to engage in;

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      (d)     assists another person to engage in; or

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      (e)     organizes or directs another person to engage in,

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      trafficking in persons commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years.

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      (Substituted by Act 3 of 2021)

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    (2)   The recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of a child, or giving of payment or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control of a child, for the purpose of exploitation, constitutes trafficking in persons irrespective of whether any of the means of trafficking in persons has been established.

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