Section 370 - Trafficking of Person -
[NOTE: This section was inserted by Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013 with effect from 03/02/2013]
Whoever, for the purpose of exploitation, (a) recruits, (b) transports, (c) harbours, (d) transfers, or (e) receives, a person or persons, by—
First - using threats, or
Secondly - using force, or any other form of coercion, or
Thirdly - by abduction, or
Fourthly - by practising fraud, or deception, or
Fifthly - by abuse of power, or
Sixthly - by inducement, including the giving or receiving of payments or benefits, in order to achieve the consent of any person having control over the person recruited, transported, harboured, transferred or received,
commits the offence of trafficking.
Ingredients
Let us understand the above provisions with the help of the following diagram:
