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COUNTER-TRAFFICKING ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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COUNTER-TRAFFICKING ACT
ACT
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Force of law
4. Object of this Act
Part 2 CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND RELATED PROVISIONS
5. Offence of trafficking in persons
6. Offence of unlawful withholding of identification papers
7. Offence of transporting a person for the purpose of exploiting such a person's prostitution
8. Restitution
9. Forfeiture
10. Aggravated circumstances
11. Consent or past sexual behaviour of a victim is irrelevant
12. Legal age of consent to sex not a defence to trafficking in persons
13. Victim to be immune from prosecution
14. Offences of bodies corporate
15. Receiving financial or other benefit knowing that it is as a result of trafficking in persons
16. Entry, search and seizure
17. Offence of threatening, obstructing, etc., a constable
18. Jurisdiction
PART 3 ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
19. Protection for the safety of victims, including identification of victims
20. Witness protection
21. Protection of the privacy of victims, including proceedings held in camera
22. Information for victims
23. Opportunity for the presentation of the victim's views and concerns
24. Assistance to victims
25. Immigration status of victims
26. Assistance for citizen or permanent resident victims abroad
27. Verification of nationality or age of victims
28. Return of victims to country of citizenship or lawful residence
29. Assistance to victims that are unable to prove their nationality status through normal means
30. Services for returned victims of trafficking
31. Special consideration to be given to a child victim
PART 4 MISUSE OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION
32. Responsibilities of international commercial transportation companies or individuals
PART 5 PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
33. National task force for prevention of trafficking
34. Exclusion of persons implicated in trafficking
PART 6 GENERAL
35. Regulations
36. Order to increase fines
Schedule
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