 bill no  66  of  2018 the immoral traffic (prevention) amendment bill, 2018 byshrimati darshana vikram jardosh, mp a billfurther to amend the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of section 2104 of 19562 in the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 2, after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely,—5"(ia) 'trafficking in person' means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or obtaining of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, kidnapping, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation10explanation (1)—the expression "exploitation" includes, exploitation for prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs and the consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitation set forth in clause (ia) shall be irrelevant where any of the means mentioned in clause (ia) have been used15explanation (2)—the expression 'trafficking in persons' includes recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or obtaining of a child for the purpose of exploitation even if it does not involve any of the means as mentioned in clause (ia)"3 in the principal act, after section 5, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 5a"5a any person who commits trafficking in person shall be punished with imprisonment for life"punishment for trafficking in person statement of objects and reasonsthe menace of child trafficking in our country has been growing at an alarming pacethe common reasons for child trafficking range from economic deprivation, lack of employment opportunities, low social status (more common for girls), low education level and general awareness, disadvantageous socio-cultural norms, gender and minority discrimination etc the prevalence of child trafficking is high in poverty stricken areas of andhra pradesh, bihar, uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, rajasthan, orissa and west bengaltraffickers force young girls into prostitution, and other men, women, and children are held in debt bondage and face forced labour working in brick kilns, rice mills, factories, homes as domestic servants, or as beggars or in hazardous occupations etc the traffickers of young girls are often those women who themselves have been trafficked and who use their personal relationships and trust in people in their villages to recruit additional girlsa large number of children are abducted every year of which a sizeable number remain untraced according to a report by the national human rights commission of india the united nations children's fund (unicef) has estimated that the majority of children trafficked are engaged in hazardous occupationsalthough the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956 is in place to address the issue of human trafficking the act only refers to trafficking for prostitution, hence does not provide comprehensive protection for children the act also does not provide clear definition of "trafficking" thus, there is an imperative need to define, trafficking and to enhance the punishment for the heinous offence to protect children and others against traffickinghence this billnew delhi;darshana vikram jardoshfebruary 15, 2018 annexure[extract from the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956](act no 104 of 1956) [10] m cdefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a)              (i) "special police officer" means a police officer appointed by or on behalf of the state government to be in charge of police duties within a specified area for the purpose of this act; [10] m c lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956—————(shrimati darshana vikram jardosh, mp)mgipmrnd—4248ls(s3)—28-02-2018