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Sexual servitude offences
106.—(1) A person—
(a) whose conduct causes another person to enter into or remain in sexual servitude; and
(b) who intends to cause, or is reckless as to causing, that sexual servitude;
commits an indictable offence.
Penalty—
(i)
in the case of an aggravated offence under section 108 - imprisonment for 20 years; or
(ii) in any other case - imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) A person—
(a) who conducts any business that involves the sexual servitude of other persons; and
(b)
who knows about, or is reckless as to, that sexual servitude -
commits an indictable offence.
Penalty—
(i)
in the case of an aggravated offence under section 108 - imprisonment for 20 years; or
(ii) in any other case - imprisonment for 15 years.
(3)
In this section—
“conducting a business” includes—
(a)
(b)
(c)
taking any part in the management of the business; or
exercising control or direction over the business; or
providing finance for the business.
Deceptive recruiting for sexual services
107.—(1) A person who, with the intention of inducing another person to enter into an engagement to provide
sexual services, deceives that other person about—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
the fact that the engagement will involve the provision of sexual services; or
the nature of sexual services to be provided (for example, whether those services will require the
person to have unprotected sex); or
the extent to which the person will be free to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual
services; or
the extent to which the person will be free to cease providing sexual services; or
the extent to which the person will be free to leave his or her place of residence; or
if there is or will be a debt owed or claimed to be owed by the person in connection with the
engagement—the quantum, or the existence, of the debt owed or claimed to be owed; or
the fact that the engagement will involve exploitation, debt bondage or the confiscation of the person’s
travel or identity documents;
commits of an indictable offence.
Penalty—
(i)
(ii)
in the case of an aggravated offence under section 107 - imprisonment for 9 years; or
in any other case—imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) In determining, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against sub-section (1), whether a person
has been deceived about any matter referred to in a paragraph of that sub-section, a court may have regard to any of
the following matters—
(a)
the economic relationship between the person and the alleged offender;