Using force, threat etc. to cause another person to provide commercial sexual services

In force

S. 53B inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.

(1)

A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)

A—

(i)

uses force against another person (B) or any other person; or

(ii)

makes a threat to, or against, B or any other person; or

(iii)

unlawfully detains B or any other person; or

(iv)

engages in fraud or misrepresentation (including by omission) in relation to B or any other person; or

(v)

uses a manifestly excessive debt owed, or purportedly owed, by B or any other person; and

(b)

A, by engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a), causes B—

(i)

to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(ii)

to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; and

(c)

A—

(i)

intends that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will cause B—

(A)

to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(B)

to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; or

(ii)

knows that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will, or probably will, cause B—

(A)

to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(B)

to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services.

(2)

A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).

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