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In this Act unless the context otherwise requires

“abduction” has the meaning attributed to it in the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29);

“authorized officer” means an immigration officer, a police officer or any other officer authorized by the Ministry of Interior to implement any provision of this Act;

“basic material support” includes education, health care, shelter, counseling and nutritional requirements;

“bonded placement” includes placement by a trafficker of a person for exploitative purposes with a promise of subsequent payment to the trafficker for the placement of the trafficked person by the user of the trafficked person and the placement of a trafficked person to offset a debt already owed by the trafficker or another person;

 “care and protection” has the same meaning as basic material support;

“child” means a person below eighteen years;

“coercion” means a threat of serious injury to or physical restraint against a person, a scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act will result in serious injury to or physical restraint of a person;

“court” means court of competent jurisdiction;

“District Assembly” includes a Metropolitan Assembly and Municipal Assembly;

“foreign authority” means a person designated by a foreign government as a competent authority to act on behalf of a foreign government for purposes of this Act;

“Fund” means the Human Trafficking Fund established under section 20;

“government” means the authority by which the executive authority of Ghana is duly exercised;

“government agency” means an establishment in this country by virtue of an enactment and an establishment approved by the Ministry;

“guardian” means a social welfare officer, probation officer, health care provider, leader, district labour officer, or any other person who intervenes in the best interest of a child;

“injury” includes physical, emotional and psychological hurt;

“Organization” means Civil Society Organizations which includes community based organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Traditional Authorities, religious bodies and associations;

 “Management Board” means Human Trafficking Management Board;

“Minister” means Minister responsible for Women and Children’s Affairs;

“Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for Women and Children’s Affairs;

“next friend” means a person who intervenes to assist a child in a legal action;

“organs” include a part of the human body which can be removed and used to sustain life any purpose;

“place of safety” means premises where the welfare of a victim of trafficking is 

“placement as service” means the placement of a person by a trafficker for exploitative purposes where the service of that person is not remunerated;

“police officer” includes an officer from another security service;

“private sector” means the part of the economy which is not funded by the Government or from moneys provided by Parliament;

“security services” includes the Police, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, the Immigration Service and Bureau of National Investigation;

“servitude” means involuntary bondage;

“social welfare officer” includes a probation officer;

“temporary placement” means the transfer of a trafficked person for limited period for exploitative purposes;

“trafficked person” means a victim of trafficking; and

“trafficking” has the meaning provided under section 1;