Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-10-20
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 13:
In page 11, after line 40, to insert the following:
"Protection of smuggled persons from prosecution
11. A person who has been the object of people smuggling and derives no financial benefit from people smuggling shall not be considered to have committed an offence under any provision of this Act.".

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Sitting date: 2021-10-20