Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Advisory Committee" means the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Advisory Committee established under section 19;"Board of Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the Fund established by section 24;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to women and children;"child" has the meaning assigned to it in the Children Act (Cap. 141);"consent" in relation to a person means that the person agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice;"exploitation" includes but is not limited to—(a)keeping a person in a state of slavery;(b)subjecting a person to practices similar to slavery;(c)involuntary servitude;(d)forcible or fraudulent use of any human being for removal of organs or body parts;(e)forcible or fraudulent use of any human being to take part in armed conflict;(f)forced labour;(g)child labour;(h)sexual exploitation;(i)child marriage;(j)forced marriage;"forced labour" means the extraction of work or services from any person for the purpose of exploitation;"Fund" means the National Assistance Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in persons established by section 22;"organized criminal group" means a structured group of three or more persons, acting in concert with the aim of committing one or more serious crimes or offences under this Act, in order to obtain directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit;"proceeds of crime" means any property derived from or obtained, directly or indirectly, through the commission of an offence under this Act;"publish" means to advertise, broadcast or distribute information by any means whatsoever so that the information is available to the public or any section thereof;"slavery" is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised;"trafficking for sexual exploitation" means trafficking—(a)with the intention of doing anything to or in respect of a particular person during or after a journey within Kenya or in any part of the world, which if done will involve the commission of an offence under the Sexual Offences Act (Cap. 63A); or(b)in the belief that another person is likely to do something to or in respect of the person trafficked, during or after the journey in any part of the world, which if done will involve the commission of an offence under the Sexual Offences Act (Cap. 63A);"trafficking in persons" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;"victim of trafficking in persons" includes a person who is being or has been trafficked as defined in section 3.Source: Kenya Law