Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
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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 Trafficking35. Escorting of child victim of trafficking |
| (1) | If it is considered to be in the best interests of a child who has been trafficked, the Director-General: Social Development must authorise an adult at State expense to escort the child from the place where the child was found to the place within the Republic from where the child was trafficked or to the child’s country of origin or the country from where the child was trafficked. |
| (2) | The Director-General may not act in terms of subsection (1) unless he or she is satisfied that the parent, guardian or other person who has parental responsibilities and rights in respect of the child does not have the financial means to travel to the place where the child is in order to escort the child back. |
