Trafficking In Persons (Prohibition) Act

Cap. 108:01 · Revised Edition 2020 · 55 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Application
s. 4Extraterritorial offence
s. 5Establishment and composition of Council
s. 6Functions of the Council
s. 7Ministerial direction
s. 8Procedures and meetings
s. 9Committees
s. 10Secretariat of the Council
s. 11Offences of trafficking in persons
s. 12Trafficking in children for adoption
s. 13Offence of facilitating child prostitution, etc
s. 14Offence of facilitating exploitation, etc
s. 15Offence of profiteering from trafficking in persons
s. 16Offence of advertising
s. 17Offence of providing facilities in support of trafficking in persons
s. 18Offence of providing services for the purpose of trafficking in persons
s. 19Obligation of owner, operator or master of conveyance
s. 20Additional penalties in relation to a body corporate
s. 21Intentional omission to give information
s. 22Offence by person in a public office
s. 23Offences of unlawfully withholding identification papers
s. 24Restitution
s. 25Consent or past sexual behavior of victim irrelevant
s. 26Legal age of consent
s. 27Victim not liable for immigration offence
s. 28Powers of the court to impose higher sentences for aggravated
s. 29Guiding principles
s. 30Privacy of victims
s. 31Provision of information to victims of trafficking in persons
s. 32Immigration status of victims of trafficking in persons
s. 33Verification of nationality status of a victim of trafficking in persons
s. 34Return of victims to country of citizenship or lawful residency
s. 35Assistance to victims of trafficking who are unable to prove
s. 36Special consideration to be given to a child victim
s. 37Application for forfeiture order
s. 38Notice of application
s. 39Forfeiture order on conviction
s. 40Effect of forfeiture order on conviction
s. 41Forfeiture order for property
s. 42Voidable transfers
s. 43Protection of third parties
s. 44Discharge of forfeiture order on appeal and quashing of conviction
s. 45Payment instead of a forfeiture order
s. 46Default
s. 47Seizure and detention of cash
s. 48Data collection
s. 49Restriction on media reporting and publication
s. 50Public awareness campaigns
s. 51Verification and legitimacy and validity of travel documents
s. 52Regulations
s. 53Protocol to be part of the laws of Belize
s. 54Repeal
s. 55Savings and transitional