 bill no  269  of 2016 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri jagdambika pal, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— statement of objects and reasonsthere is a need to completely align the indian human trafficking laws with the un trafficking protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking of person especially women and children which was adopted by the un general assembly in the year 2000 the most significant departure from the un trafficking protocol in the amendment of section 370 of the indian penal code done in 2013 lies in the exclusion of labour trafficking from the definition of human trafficking the amendment does not include "forced labour" in the definition of human trafficking, a form of trafficking included in the un trafficking protocol however, the criminal (amendment) ordinance, issued by the president prior to the amendment of 2013 did include forced labour therefore, it is proposed to amend section 370 of the indian penal code to bring "forced labour" within the meaning of "exploitation" so as to make the act more specific and in consonance with international protocol hence this billnew delhi;jagdambika paloctober 20, 2016 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)   trafficking of person370 (1) whoever, for the purpose of exploitation, (a) recruits, (b) transports, (c) harbours,(d) transfers, or (e) receives, a persons, by—first—using threats, or secondly— using force, or any other form of coercion, or thirdly—by abduction, or fourthly—by practising fraud, or deception, or fifthly—by abuse of power, or sixthly—by inducement, including the giving or receiving of payments or benefits, in order to achieve the consent of any person having control over the person recruited, transported, harboured, transferred or received, commits the offence of traffickingexplanation 1—the expression "exploitation" shall include any act of physical exploitation or any form of sexual exploitation, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the forced removal of organsexplanation 2—the consent of the victim is immaterial in determination of the offence of trafficking     lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shri jagdambika pal, mp)