No. 4/2014 TRAFFJCKJNG IN PERSONS Cap.9:25 "Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal of!ellSes the conduct setforth in Article 3 of this Protocol were committed intentionally." NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe as follows:PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Title and commencement of sections 8 and 9 (I) This Act may be cited as the Trafficking in Persons Act [Chapter 9:25]. (2) Sections 8 and 9 of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the President by statutory instrument 2 Interpretation In tl:tis Act"adult pomography" means pomography involving an adult; "child" means any person below the age of eighteen years; "child pornography" means pornography involving a child; "Committee" means the Anti-Traflicking lnter-M inistrial Connnittee established under section 9; "Criminal Law Code" means the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (Act No. 23 of 2004); "'debt bondage" means a pledge by a debtor of his or her personal services or labour, or those of a person under his or her control, as security or payment for a debt; "disabled person" means a person with a physical, mental or sensory disability including visual, hearing. or speech functional disability, which gives tise to physical, cultural or social batTiers inhibiting him or her from participating at an equal level with other members of society in activities, undertakings or fields of employment that are open to other members of society; "illegal labour" means child labour or labour that is practised in conditions below the minimum standards required by the labour laws of a country or tenitory, or labour that is unregistered, unnotified or otherwise not permitted by the labour, social security or innnigration laws of a country or teuitory; "identity or travel document" means~ (a) a document issued to a person in terms of the national registration laws of a country or territory; or (b) a passpmtordriver's license issued byoron behalf of the govemment of a country or territory; or (c) auyvisa orotherenlly or exit pemlilissued in \enns ofthe inmligration laws of a country or tenitory. "involuntary transportation" in relation to a victim, bears the meaning in section 3(1); '~law enforcement agency'' tneans the police force~ inmligrationscrvicc, custotns service and any other agency lawfully appointed to enforce the law in Zimbabwe or in any other cormtry or territory, and "law enforcement agent" shall be construed accordingly; 40 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied.