Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES Division 270 - Slavery and slavery-like offences
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View history noteDiv 270 heading substituted by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 6 item 5, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 23 May 2018. The heading formerly read:
Division 270 - Slavery and slavery like conditions
Div 270 heading substituted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 7, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013. The heading formerly read:
Division 270 - Slavery, sexual servitude and deceptive recruiting
Subdiv C heading substituted by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 23 May 2018. The heading formerly read:
Subdivision C - Slavery like conditions
Subdiv C heading inserted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013.
Causing a person to enter into or remain in forced labour
(1)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person engages in conduct; and
(b) the conduct causes another person to enter into or remain in forced labour.
Penalty:
(a) in the case of an aggravated offence (see section 270.8 ) - imprisonment for 12 years; or
(b) in any other case - imprisonment for 9 years.
Conducting a business involving forced labour
(2)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person conducts any business; and
(b) the business involves the forced labour of another person (or persons).
Penalty:
(a) in the case of an aggravated offence (see section 270.8 ) - imprisonment for 12 years; or
(b) in any other case - imprisonment for 9 years.
Note:
On a trial for an offence against section 270.5 (servitude offences), the trier of fact may find a defendant not guilty of that offence but guilty of the corresponding offence under this section (see subsections 270.5(3) and (4) ).
S 270.6A inserted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013.
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