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Offence of facilitating child prostitution, etc

Cap. 108:01, s. 13 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) A person who, for the purpose of trafficking in persons, acts as an intermediary to induce or encourage or facilitates another to give or promise remuneration, gifts, goods, food or other benefit to a chi Id or any person having authority or control over a child for the purpose of inducing, encouraging compelling or otherwise getting that child to participate in any sexual activity with the person so remunerating, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of ten years. (2) A person who, being a person in authority or exercising control over a child, for the purpose of trafficking in persons, takes advantage of his authority over that child and sexually exploits that child or causes another to sexually exploit that child, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of ten years.
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