Section 12
of Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Order, 2004
Section 12
(1)
A commercial carrier which brings a trafficked or smuggled person into a receiving country and, upon entry into the receiving country, the person does not have the travel documents required for lawful entry into that country, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.
(2)
A commercial carrier shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection
(1)
if-
(a} the commercial carrier has reasonable grounds to believe that the documents that the person has are the travel documents required for lawful entry of that person into the receiving country; or
(b)
the person is in possession of the travel documents required for entry into the receiving country when that person boarded, or last boarded, the means of transport to travel to the receiving country; or
(c)
the entry into the receiving country occurred only because of illness of or injury to a person on board, stress of weather or other circum-stances beyond the control of the commercial carrier .
...
(3)
A commercial carrier which has been found guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable for all expenses incurred by the receiving country in respect of the person's detention, maintenance and his removal from the receiving country and such expenses shall be recoverable as a debt due to the receiving country.
Attempts, abetment and conspiracy.