Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
Section 314A - Prohibition of customary servitude
(1) A person who
(a) sends to, or receives at a place, any other person, or
(b) participates in or is concerned in a ritual or customary activity in respect of any other person,
with the purpose of subjecting the other person to a form of ritual or customary servitude, or a form of forced labour related to a customary ritual, commits a criminal offence and is liable to a term of imprisonment not less than three years.
(2) In this section, “concerned in” means
(a) to send to, take to, consent to the taking to or receive at a place, a person for the performance of the customary ritual; or
(b) to enter into an agreement whether written or oral to subject to any of the parties to the agreement or any other person to the performance of the customary ritual; or
(c) to be present at an activity connected with or related to the performance of the customary ritual.
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