Section 19
of Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Order, 2004
Section 19
(1)
There is hereby established a fund called the Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Fund which, subject to this section, shall be administered and managed by the Permanent Secretary.
(2)
The Fund shall consist of-
{a) all amounts contributed by the Government towards the establish-ment or maintenance of the Fund from the Consolidated Fund or any other sources;
{b) all sums recovered under or in satisfaction of a judgment of any court under this Order; and
{c)
subject to section 21, all fines imposed by any court under this
Order.
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(3)
For the purpose of this Order, monies paid into the Fund shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund.
(4)
Subject to subsection (5), monies in the Fund shall be applied for-
{a) financing the cost of repatriation of smuggled persons and trafficked persons;
{b) the promotion of information and education of the public in preventing, suppressing or otherwise of people trafficking and people smuggling;
(c)
rewards to any person in preventing or suppressing people trafficking and people smuggling; or 2660
(d} such other purposes as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient for giving effect to and carrying out the provisions of this Order.
(5)
The Permanent Secretary shall consult the Attorney General before applying the Fund for any of the purposes set out in subsection (4).
(6)
Monies paid into the Fund, while not being applied for any of the purposes set out in subsection (4), shall be placed in the name of the Fund, in a current or deposit account, with one or more banks selected by the Permanent
Secretary, and any interest earned on such monies while held in any such account shall be credited to such account.
(7)
The accounts of the Fund shall be audited at least once annually by the
Auditor General and the duly audited accounts shall be presented to the Minister of Finance.
(8)
In this section-
"Fund" means the Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Fund estab-lished by subsection ( 1);
"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Penalties to be cumulative.