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| Name: | Criminal Code Amendment (Slavery and Sexual Servitude) Act 1999 (Act No. 104) |
| Country: | Australia |
| Subject(s): | Elimination of forced labour |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1999-08-24 |
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| ISN: | AUS-1999-L-67458 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=67458&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Act on-line  Commonwealth of Australia Law (ComLaw), Attorney General's Department, Australia PDF (consulted on 2009-08-06) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Amends the Criminal Code of 1995. Creates a penalty of 25 years if a person, whether within or outside Australia: (i) enters into any commercial transaction involving a slave; or (ii) exercises control or direction over, or provides finance for, any commercial transaction involving a slave; or (iii) exercises control or direction over, or provides finance for, any act of slave trading; and (b) is reckless as to whether the transaction or act involves a slave, slavery or slave trading. Repeals the following Acts: Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1873 (35 & 36 Victoria, ch 19) Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1875 (38 & 39 Victoria, ch 51) Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 William IV, ch 73) Slave Trade Act 1824 (5 George IV, ch 113) Slave Trade Act 1843 (6 & 7 Victoria, ch 98) Slave Trade Act 1873 (36 & 37 Victoria, ch 88) |
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