PRELIMINARY Part 1

PRELIMINARY Part 1
1. Short Title , extension and Commencement :

(1) This Act may be called “Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act, 2064(2008).
(2) This Act shall come into force immediately.
(3) This Act shall extend throughout Nepal and anyone committing an offence against Nepali citizen under this Act from foreign territory shall also
remain within the scope of this Act.
2. Definition : Unless the Subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act-
(a) “Offence” means an act pursuant to Section 3.
(b) “Center” means a rehabilitation center established pursuant to Section 13.
(c) “Victim” means a person who is sold, transported or put into prostitution.
(d) “Child” means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years.
(e) “Exploitation” means an act of keeping human being as a slave and bonded
and this word also includes to remove human organ except otherwise provided by prevailing law.
(f) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act