7. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 358 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 358A of that enactment :-
| 358A.
| | (1) Any person who -
| | | (a) subjects or causes any person to be subjected to debt bondage or serfdom ; |
| (b) subjects or causes any person to be subjected to forced or compulsory labour ; |
| (c) subjects or causes any person to be subjected to slavery ; or |
| (d) engages or recruits a child for use in armed conflict, |
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| | (2) Any person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1), shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding twenty years and to a fine. Where the offence is committed under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) in relation to a child or where the offence is committed under paragraph (d) of subsection (1), be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding thirty years and to a fine. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts