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"abuse of vulnerability"

for purposes of section 4(1), means any abuse that leads a person to believe that he or she has no reasonable alternative but to submit to exploitation, and includes but is not limited to, taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of that person resulting from—

(a) the person having entered or remained in the Republic illegally or without proper documentation;
(b) pregnancy;
(c) any disability of the person;
(d) addiction to the use of any dependence-producing substance;
(e) being a child;
(f) social circumstances; or
(g) economic circumstances;