 bill no 146 of  2015 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri rabindra kumar jena, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as  follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2015short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint:5provided that different dates may be appointed for different states2 in the indian penal code, 1860, in section 370a,—45 of 1860amendment of section 370a(i) in sub-section (1), after the words "engages such minor for sexual exploitationin any manner", the words "or employs such minor in any form of forced labour or service" shall be inserted; and10(ii) in sub-section (2), after the words "engages such person for sexual exploitationin any manner", the words "or employs such person in any form of forced labour or service" shall be inserted statement of objects and reasonssection 370a of the indian penal code, 1860 which was inserted by the criminal law(amendment) act, 2013 provides—(1) whoever, knowingly or having reason to believe that a minor has been trafficked, engages such minor for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine(2) whoever, knowingly by or having reason to believe that a person has been trafficked, engages such person for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to finethe criminal law (amendment) act, 2013 had replaced the erstwhile section 370 of the indian penal code, 1860 with new provision, which now criminalises anyone who recruits, transports, harbours, transfers or receives  a person by using certain means including threats, force, coercion, fraud, deception, abduction, abuse of power, or inducement for purpose of exploitation exploitation includes any act of physical exploitation or any form of sexual exploitation, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or forced removal of organshowever, given that the legislation came in as a follow-up to the justice verma committee report it primarily focused on sexual exploitation of victims of trafficking thus, section 370a of the indian penal code, 1860 as it currently stands, does not cover the exploitation of trafficked persons, children or adults, in other sectors of labour, such as agriculture, domestic work, beggary rackets or in the construction industry, where rampant exploitation of trafficked persons still existsthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend section 370a of the indian penal code, 1860 in order to punish a person who employs any minor or a person in any form of forced labour or service with the same punishment as is provided for an act of sexual exploitation of a minor or a person who has been a victim of traffickinghence this billnew delhi;rabindra kumar jenaapril  8, 2015 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)exploitation of a trafficked person370a (1) whoever, knowingly or having reason to believe that a minor has been trafficked, engages such minor for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine(2) whoever, knowingly by or having reason to believe that a person has been trafficked, engages such person for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shri rabindra kumar jena, mp)