No. 4/2014
TRAFFICKING lN PERSONS
(c)
(d)
Cap. 9:25
to detain for f mther questioning or examination the individual referred to
in paragraph (a), or to remove or authorise the removal of the individual
from any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel or other means by which that
individual is conveyed by air, land or water:
Provided tbat an individual so detained shall, unless detained
under any other lawful power. be released not later than the end of the
period of forty-eight hours beginning with the time when tile detention
begins;
and
to stop, detain, remove and search any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel
or other means by which the individual refeiTed to in paragraph (a) is
conveyed by air, land or water, or any article, document or other property
found therein or found in the possession or control of such individual:
Provided that the law enforcement agent concerned shall(i) give a full receipt for any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, atticle,
document or other property that is removed to the owner or person
in control thereof; and
(ii) not retain any such motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, article, document
or other property for longer than is necessary for the purposes of
his or her investigation or any trial or inqui1y arising out of his or
her investigation;
(e)
and
to proceed to any premises indicated by the individual rcfciTcd to in paragmph (a), or disclosed by any indications obtained by the law enforcement
agent under any of the foregoing paragraphs, as affording evidence that
may be required for the prosecution of the crime of trafficking in persons, and there to exercise any of the powers under any of the foregoing
paragraphs in relation to any persons, motor vehicles, aircraft, vessels,
aiticles, documents or other prope1ty found about, within or upon those
premises.
(2) An individual who is questioned under subsection (1) shall on being required
to do so by the law enforcement agent do any or all the following····
(a) answer all questions put to him or her by the agent fully and truthfully;
(b) give the agent any article, document or other property in the individual's
possession which the agent requests for the purpose of his or her investigation;
(c) produce to the agent a valid passpmt or other identity or travel document
which establishes the individual's identity and citizenship;
(d) make and sign such dcclru·ation, whether sworn or not, as the agent may
request for the purpose of his or her investigation.
(3) Au individual referred to in subsection (1 )(a) or any other person refeiTed
to in subsection (l)(e) who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2)
shall be guilty of any of the following crimes in the Ciinrinal Law Code as may be
appropriate to the case and be liable to be punished accordingly:
Section 176 ("Assaulting or resisting peace officer"), 178 ("Obstruction of
public official"), 180 ("Deliberately supplying false information to public authoiity"),
183 ("Perjmy") or 184 ("Defeating or obstructing the course of justice").
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Protection and compensation of victims
(1) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that, in appropriate cases, a victim
shall benellt from the provisions of Pa1t XIVA ("Protection of vulnerable witnesses")
of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] protecting vulnerable
witnesses,
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