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Slavery offences
103.—(1) A person who, whether within or outside Fiji, intentionally—
(a) possesses a slave or exercises over a slave any of the other powers attaching to the right of ownership;
or
(b) engages in slave trading; or
(c) enters into any commercial transaction involving a slave; or
(d) exercises control or direction over, or provides finance for (i) any act of slave trading; or
(ii) any commercial transaction involving a slave;
commits an indictable offence.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 25 years.
(2) A person who—
(a)
(b)
whether within or outside Fiji—
(i) enters into any commercial transaction involving a slave; or
(ii) exercises control or direction over, or provides finance for, any commercial transaction involving
a slave; or
(iii) exercises control or direction over, or provides finance for, any act of slave trading; and
is reckless as to whether the transaction or act involves a slave, slavery or slave trading;
commits an indictable offence.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 17 years.
(3)
In this section—
“slave trading” includes—
(a)
(b)
the capture, transport or disposal of a person with the intention of reducing the person to slavery; or
the purchase or sale of a slave.
(4) A person who engages in any conduct with the intention of securing the release of a person from slavery
is not guilty of an offence against this section.
(5) The defendant bears a legal burden of proving the matter mentioned in sub-section (4).
Definition of sexual servitude
104.—(1) For the purposes of this Division, sexual servitude is the condition of a person who provides sexual
services and who, because of the use of force or threats—
(a)
(b)
(2)
is not free to cease providing sexual services; or
is not free to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services.
In this section—
“threat” means—
(a)
a threat of force; or
(b) a threat to cause a person’s deportation; or
(c)
a threat of any other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat of
that action in connection with the provision of sexual services by a person.
Extended jurisdiction for offences against this Division
105. A person commits an offence against all sections of this Division—
(a)
(b)
whether or not the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Fiji; and
whether or not a result of the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Fiji.