Lok Sabha passes Anti-Trafficking Bill
Parliament
After the passage of the bill, the Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi clarified said the bill will not facilitate or harass sex workers. She said that the bill focuses on the victim and a voluntary sex worker is not a victim
The Lok Sabha today passed the Anti-Trafficking Bill which aims at the protection and rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking and prosecution of offenders.
After the passage of thebill, the Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi clarified said the bill will not facilitate or harass sex workers.
She said that the bill focuses on the victim and a voluntary sex worker is not a victim.
The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, provides for confidentiality of victims, witnesses and complainants, time-bound trials and repatriation of the victims.
"This bill is not intended to harass those social workers who are voluntarily in the profession... This is a bill that has a compassionate view of people who have been victims of sex racket," Gandhi said.
The legislation proposes to create institutional mechanisms at the district, state and central levels. It calls for punishment ranging from 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine not less than Rs 1 lakh.
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Besides prevention, rescue and rehabilitation, it covers aggravated forms of trafficking such as forced labour, begging and marriage.
A rehabilitation fund with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore would be created for the first time which will be used for the physical, psychological and social well being of the victims. Also, there would be designated courts in each district for speedy trial of the cases.
Gandhi also assured the members in the House that the amount would increase as and when required.
The Bill provides for attachment and forfeiture of property and also the proceeds of crime. The Minister, however, said that no property would be attached without giving notice.
(With inputs from PTI)