Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00034:clause:6_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00034
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 6
Character Range: 136214–137187

6  Section 270.1A of the Criminal Code
Insert:
debt bondage is the condition of a person (the first person) if:
 (a) the condition arises from a pledge:
 (i) by the first person of the personal services of the first person; or
 (ii) by another person of the personal services of the first person, and the first person is under the other person's control; or
 (iii) by the first person of the personal services of another person who is under the first person's control; and
 (b) the pledge is made as security for a debt owed, or claimed to be owed, (including any debt incurred, or claimed to be incurred, after the pledge is given) by the person making the pledge; and
 (c) any of the following apply:
 (i) the debt owed or claimed to be owed is manifestly excessive;
 (ii) the reasonable value of those services is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or purported debt;
 (iii) the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined.