Part 5 s 98AA
(2)
Crimes Act 1961
Version as at
6 November 2021
(e)
in any case not covered by paragraph (d), induces any person to sell, let,
or give any other person into debt-bondage or serfdom; or
(f)
builds, fits out, sells, purchases, transfers, lets, hires, uses, provides with
personnel, navigates, or serves on board any ship or aircraft for any of
the purposes in paragraphs (a) to (e); or
(g)
for gain or reward gives in marriage or transfers any woman to another
person without her consent; or
(h)
is a party to the inheritance by any person of a woman on the death of
her husband; or
(i)
being a parent or guardian of any child under the age of 18 years, deliv‐
ers that child to another person with intent that the child or his or her
labour shall be exploited; or
(j)
agrees or offers to do any of the acts mentioned in this subsection.
For the purposes of this section—
debt-bondage means the status or condition arising from a pledge by a debtor
of his or her personal services, or of the personal services of any person under
his or her control, as security for a debt, if the value of those services, as
reasonably assessed, is not applied towards the liquidation of the debt or if the
length and nature of those services are not limited and defined
serfdom means the status or condition of a tenant who is by any law, custom,
or agreement bound to live and labour on land belonging to another person and
to render some determinate service to that other person, whether for reward or
not, and who is not free to change that status or condition
slave includes, without limitation, a person subject to debt-bondage or serf‐
dom.
Compare: Slave Trade Act 1824 ss 2, 3, 10 (UK); Slave Trade Act 1843 s 1 (UK)
Section 98(1)(e): replaced, on 4 April 2001, by section 3(1) of the Crimes Amendment Act 2001
(2001 No 9).
Section 98(1)(f): replaced, on 4 April 2001, by section 3(1) of the Crimes Amendment Act 2001
(2001 No 9).
Section 98(2) slave: inserted, on 4 April 2001, by section 3(2) of the Crimes Amendment Act 2001
(2001 No 9).
98AA Dealing in people under 18 for sexual exploitation, removal of body parts,
or engagement in forced labour
(1)
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who—
(a)
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sells, buys, transfers, barters, rents, hires, or in any other way enters into
a dealing involving a person under the age of 18 years for the purpose
of—
(i)
the sexual exploitation of the person; or
(ii)
the removal of body parts from the person; or