Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells,…

Section 145 BNS, "Habitual dealing in slaves", punishes whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in slaves with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and fine (formerly s.371 IPC).

Section 143 deals with trafficking of persons (recruiting, transporting, harbouring, transferring or receiving a person for the purpose of exploitation, which includes slavery and practices similar to slavery); section 144 punishes the exploitation of a trafficked person; section 146 punishes unlawfully compelling a person to labour against his or her will.