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Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act No. 7 of 2013)

Chapter 7 : Return and Repatriation of Victims of Trafficking

34. Return of adult victim of trafficking within Republic

 

(1) An accredited organisation may not return an adult victim of trafficking to the place within the Republic from where he or she was trafficked, without giving due consideration to the—
(a) safety of the person during the process of returning him or her; and
(b) possibility that the person might be harmed, killed or trafficked again if returned to that place.

 

(2) An accredited organisation must—
(a) take reasonable steps to find suitable family members to whom a victim referred to in subsection (1) can be returned and who are willing to provide assistance to the victim, taking into consideration the views of the victim; and
(b) if the victim in question does not have the financial means to travel to the place from where he or she was trafficked, in the prescribed manner, facilitate the return of the victim to the place in question.