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(a) arranges the entry of a person into Samoa or any other
country by one (1) or more acts of coercion
against the person, one (1) or more acts of
deception of the person, or both; or
(b) arranges, organises, or procures the reception,
concealment, or harbouring in Samoa or any other
country of a person, knowing that the person’s
entry into Samoa or that other country was
arranged by one (1) or more acts of coercion
against the person, one (1) or more acts of
deception of the person, or both.
(2) Proceedings may be brought under this section even if the
person coerced or deceived:
(a) did not in fact enter the state concerned; or (as the
case may be);
(b) was not in fact received, concealed, or harboured in
the state concerned.
(3) Proceedings may be brought under this section even if
parts of the process by which the person coerced or deceived was
brought or came to or towards the state concerned were
accomplished without an act of coercion or deception.
156. Aggravating factors-(1) When determining the
sentence to be imposed on, or other way of dealing with, a
person convicted of an offence against section 154 or 155, a
court must take into account:
(a) whether bodily harm or death (whether to or of a
person in respect of whom the offence was
committed or to or of any other person) occurred
during the commission of the offence; or
(b) whether the offence was committed for the benefit of,
at the direction of, or in association with, an
organised criminal group (within the meaning of
section 146); or
(c) whether a person in respect of whom the offence was
committed was subjected to inhuman or degrading
treatment as a result of the commission of the
offence; or