# Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, Section 4: Committing offence with intent to commit offence under section 1 or 2


(1) A person commits an offence under this section if the person commits any offence with the intention of committing an offence under section 1 or 2 (including an offence committed by aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring an offence under that section).
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is (unless subsection (3) applies) liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years;
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.
(3) Where the offence under this section is committed by kidnapping or false imprisonment, a person guilty of that offence is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/2/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-4
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