6. Amendment of section 14

Section 14 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word “children”

the words “or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition”;

(b)

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

(c)

in the renumbered subsection (1)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “a child” the words

“a child or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition”;

(ii)

by deleting the words “for the purpose of exploitation,”; and

(iii)

by substituting for the words “imprisonment for a term not less than three years but not exceeding twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine” the words “imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, and shall also be liable to whipping”; and

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(d)

by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(2) In a prosecution for an offence under this section, the means used against a trafficked person who is a child or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition is irrelevant and is not a requirement to be proved.”.

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Read on from s 7