 bill no 285 of 2016 the central anti-slavery agency bill, 2016 by shri jagdambika pal, mp a billto provide for constitution of a central anti-slavery agency to prohibit the practice of slavery, bonded labour and human trafficking and to rehabilitate the victims thereofbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "agency" means the central anti-slavery agency constituted under section 3; and(b) "slavery" means selling or buying any person5constitution of the central anti-slavery agency3 (1) the central government shall constitute an agency to be known as the centralanti-slavery agency to prohibit trafficking, bonded labour and slavery and to rehabilitate the victims thereof in co-ordination with government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of prevention of trafficking, bonded labour or slavery(2) the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as itconsiders necessary for the efficient functioning of the agency10(3) the headquarter of the agency shall be at new delhi(4) the agency shall have its offices in every state and union territory4 the agency shall—functions of the agency15(a) co-ordinate with law enforcing agencies and non-governmental organisationsengaged in either prohibiting trafficking, bonded labour or slavery or in rehabilitation of the victims thereof;(b) establish rehabilitation centres for rehabilitation and welfare of the victimsof trafficking, bonded labour and slavery;20(c) regulate the efforts of various stakeholders engaged in welfare andrehabilitation of victims of trafficking, bonded labour and slavery;(d) pay adequate compensation to the victims of trafficking, bonded labour andslavery;(e) maintain a database of victims of trafficking, bonded labour and slaveryrescued and rehabilitated;25(f) identify the persons engaged in perpetuating the offences of trafficking,bonded labour and slavery and report such cases to law enforcing agencies; and(g) provide medical and other facilities including psychological counselling byexperts to the victims of trafficking, bonded labour and slavery, if required305 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have over-riding effect power to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the provisions of this act3540(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsarticle 23 of the constitution proscribes trafficking of human and forced labour india ranks at the top when it comes to the incidence of human trafficking in the world the identified lacunae in the laws pertaining to the prevention of such offences include the absence of forced labour in the definition of human trafficking in section 370 of the indian penal code there is also an absence of a central coordinating agency to integrate the outcomes and co-ordinate the functioning of the various agencies of the government and non-governmental organisations engaged in the prevention and prosecution of the egregious act of modern day slavery there is also a requirement of a pan-india regulatory body to actively engage in the provision of properly established centres which can help a victim to rejoin the mainstream society therefore, it is imperative to constitute such an agency for the purpose of removal of above-mentioned discrepancies in the systemhence this billnew delhi;jagdambika paloctober 19, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the constitution of the central anti-slavery agency to prohibit trafficking, bonded labour and slavery and to rehabilitate the victims of slavery in co-ordination with government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of prevention of slavery clause 4 provides for certain welfare measures for the victims of trafficking, bonded labour and slavery the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore per annum would be involved from consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relates to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— abillto provide for constitution of a central anti-slavery agency to prohibit the practice of slavery, bonded labour and human trafficking and to rehabilitate the victims thereof————(shri jagdambika pal, mp)