42. Place of refuge

The Minister may declare any house, building or place, or any part thereof, to be a place of refuge for the care and protection of trafficked persons and may, in like manner, declare that such place of refuge ceases to be a place of refuge.

The Minister may, from time to time, direct the separation of different categories of trafficked persons, among others, according to age and gender either at the same place of refuge or at different places of refuge.

The Minister charged with the responsibility for women, family and community development shall be responsible for any matter relating to the management, administration and control over the place of refuge declared under subsection (1), the trafficked person in the place of refuge and the Protection Officer appointed under section 43.

The Minister charged with the responsibility for women, family and community development may issue any directions in any manner, whether generally or specifically for the purposes referred to in subsection (3).