Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution Act 2005 · As enacted
14. Interpretation
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;
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Convention on Preventing and Combating
Trafficking in Women and Children for
Prostitution Act, No. 30 of 2005
“persons subjected to trafficking” means women and children victimized or forced into prostitution by the traffickers by deception, threat, coercion, kidnapping, sale, fraudulent marriage or any other unlawful means;
“prostitution” means the sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purposes;
“repatriation” means return to the country of origin of the persons subjected to trafficking across international frontiers;
“traffickers” means any person, agency or institution engaged in any form of trafficking;
“trafficking” means the moving, selling or buying of women and children for prostitution within and outside a country for monetary or other considerations with or without the consent of the person being subjected to trafficking.