Singapore legislation

Clause 6

Persons who receive payments in connection with exploitation of trafficked victims

(1)

Any person who knowingly receives any payment in connection with the actual or intended exploitation in Singapore of a trafficked victim shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), upon conviction —

(a)

in the case of a first offence, shall be punished with a fine not exceeding $100,000 and with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, and shall be liable to caning not exceeding 6 strokes; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent offence, shall be punished with a fine not exceeding $150,000, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years and with caning not exceeding 9 strokes.

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