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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, defines trafficking of a person and expressly…

Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, is the trafficking provision. Its first explanation expressly lists beggary among the forms of exploitation.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, defines trafficking of a person and expressly includes beggary within the meaning of exploitation?

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Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, is the trafficking provision.

Its first explanation expressly lists beggary among the forms of exploitation.

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Option A

Section 96 deals with procuration of a child for illicit intercourse.

Option B

Section 142 deals with wrongfully concealing or confining a person known to have been kidnapped or abducted.

Option C

Section 140(2) deals with kidnapping, abduction or detention for ransom or to compel action or inaction in the circumstances it sets out.

Option D

Section 143 defines and punishes trafficking. Explanation 1 expressly includes beggary in exploitation.

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