TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACT. NO. 4

Section 20: Procurement or recruitment of person for organ harvesting.

2015Section 20 of 83Federal Republic of Nigeria

1 Any person who-
a through force, deception, threat, debt bondage or any form of coercion-
(i) abuses a position of power or situation of dominance or authority arising from a given circumstance; or
(ii) abuses a vulnerable situation; or
b through the giving or receiving of payments or benefits in order to induce or obtain the consent of a person directly or through another person
who has control over him; enlists, transports, delivers, accommodates or takes in another person for the purpose of removing the person's organs, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term
of not less than 7 years and a fine of not less than N5,000,000.00.
2 Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a person who procures or offers any person, assists or is involved in anyway-
a in the removal of human organs; or
b buying and selling of human organs, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than 7 years and to a fine of not less than N5,000,000.00.
3 Any person who enlists, transports, delivers, accommodates or takes in another person under the age of 18 years for the purpose of removing the person's organs, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than 7 years and a fine of not less than N5,000,000.00.

Cite this section

Section 20, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACT. NO. 4 (2015).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/trafficking-in-persons-prohibition-enforcement-and-administration-act-no-4/section/20/