Section 5Sec./Art. 5

A new Section 4-A is hereby inserted in Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

"SEC. 4-A. Attempted Trafficking in Persons. Where there are acts to initiate the commission of a trafficking offense but the offender failed to or did not execute all the elements of the crime, by accident or by reason of some cause other than voluntary desistance, such overt acts shall be deemed as an attempt to commit an act of trafficking in persons. As such, an attempt to commit any of the offenses enumerated in Section 4 of this Act shall constitute attempted trafficking in persons.

"In cases where the victim is a child, any of the following acts shall also be deemed as attempted trafficking in persons:

"(a) Facilitating the travel of a child who travels alone to a foreign country or territory without valid reason therefor and without the required clearance or permit from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or a written permit or justification from the childs parent or legal guardian;

"(b) Executing, for a consideration, an affidavit of consent or a written consent for adoption;

"(c) Recruiting a woman to bear a child for the purpose of selling the child;

"(d) Simulating a birth for the purpose of selling the child; and

"(e) Soliciting a child and acquiring the custody thereof through any means from among hospitals, clinics, nurseries, daycare centers, refugee or evacuation centers, and low-income families, for the purpose of selling the child."