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as security for a debt owed, or claimed to be owed, (including any debt incurred, or claimed to be
incurred, after the pledge is given), by that person if—
(i)
the debt owed or claimed to be owed is manifestly excessive; or
(ii)
the reasonable value of those services is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt
or purported debt; or
(iii)
the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined;
“defence aircraft” means an aircraft of any part of the Fiji Military Forces and includes an aircraft that is
being commanded or piloted by a member of that Force in the course of his or her duties as such a
member;
“defence ship” means a ship of any part of the Fiji Military Forces that is being operated or commanded by
a member of that Force in the course of his or her duties as such a member;
“detaining” a person includes causing the person to remain where he or she is;
“detriment” includes any disadvantage and is not limited to personal injury or to loss of or damage to
property;
“document of title to goods” includes any—
(a)
(b)
bill of lading, warehouse keeper’s certificate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of
any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold; or
other document used in the ordinary course of business—
(i)
as proof of the possession or control of goods; or
(ii)
authorising or purporting to authorise (either by endorsement or by delivery) the
possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods represented or mentioned
in the document;
“document of title to lands” includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper or parchment (written or printed,
or partly written and partly printed), being or containing evidence of the title (or any part of the title)
to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate, and includes an instrument under the
Land Transfer Act [Cap.131] Native Land Trust Act [Cap. 134];
“dwelling-house” includes—
(a)
(b)
(c)
any building or structure; or
vessel or part of a building or structure or vessel which is for the time being kept by the owner
or occupier as a residence (and it is immaterial that it is from time to time uninhabited); or
a building or structure adjacent to or occupied with a dwelling-house is deemed to be part
of the dwelling-house if there is a communication between the building or structure and the
dwelling-house (either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from
the one to the other) but not otherwise;
“electronic communication” means a communication by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic
energy or both;
“employee” includes a servant;
“engage in conduct” is defined in section 15;
“evidence” includes anything that may be used as evidence;
“evidential burden” is defined in section 59(7);
“exploitation”, of one person (the victim) by another person (the exploiter), occurs if—
(a)
(b)
the exploiter’s conduct causes the victim to enter into slavery, forced labour or sexual servitude;
or
the exploiter’s conduct causes an organ of the victim to be removed and—
(i)
the removal is contrary to law; or