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7 of 2013
      
            The Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act 7 of 2013 intends:
- to give effect to the Republic's obligations concerning the trafficking of persons in terms of international agreements;
 - to provide for an offence of trafficking in persons and other offences associated with trafficking in persons;
 - to provide for penalties that may be imposed in respect of the offences;
 - to provide for measures to protect and assist victims of trafficking in persons;
 - to provide for the coordinated implementation, application and administration of this Act;
 - to prevent and combat the trafficking in persons within or across the borders of the Republic; and
 - to provide for matters connected therewith.
 
Amends
- Prescription Act 68 of 1969
 - Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977
 - Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997
 - Witness Protection Act 112 of 1998
 - Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998
 - Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001
 - Immigration Act 13 of 2002
 - Children’s Act 38 of 2005
 - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007
 - Child Justice Act 75 of 2008
 
Commencement
9 August 2015 (Government Gazette 39078, 7 August 2015)
Amended
The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/pacotipa2013472/ [Updated to 2 August 2017]

