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Modern Slavery Bill

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

82: Clause 45, page 35, line 5, at end insert—

“(4A) A person is not guilty of an offence if—

(a) the person is under the age of 18 when the person does the act which constitutes the offence,

(b) the person does that act as a direct consequence of the person being, or having been, a victim of slavery or a victim of relevant exploitation, and

(c) a reasonable person in the same situation as the person and having the person’s relevant characteristics would have no realistic alternative to doing that act.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c1657 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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