Crimes Legislation Amendment (International Crime Cooperation and Other Measures) Act 2018 (34 of 2018)

Schedule 6   Slavery-like offences and relevant evidence

Part 1   Slavery-like offences

Criminal Code Act 1995

9   After section 270.7B of the Criminal Code

Insert:

270.7C Offence of debt bondage

A person commits an offence of debt bondage if:

(a) the person engages in conduct that causes another person to enter into debt bondage; and

(b) the person intends to cause the other person to enter into debt bondage.

Penalty:

(a) in the case of an aggravated offence (see section 270.8) - imprisonment for 7 years; or

(b) in any other case - imprisonment for 4 years.