Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9208, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Section 4. Acts of Trafficking in Persons. - It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to commit by means of a threat, or use of force, or other forms of coercion, or through abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of position, or through taking advantage of the vulnerability of the person, or by giving or receiving of payment or benefit to obtain the consent of a person having control over another person, any of the following acts:

(a) To recruit, obtain, hire, provide, offer, transport, transfer, maintain, harbor, or receive a person by any means, including those done under the pretext of domestic or overseas employment or training or apprenticeship, for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual abuse or exploitation, production, creation, or distribution of CSAEM or CSAM, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude, or debt bondage;

(b) To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or other consideration, any person or, as provided for under Republic Act No. 10906 or the Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act, any Filipino to a foreign national, for marriage for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling or trading him/her to engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

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(g) To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons with or without consideration for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage, or to facilitate illegal child adoptions or child-laundering, or for other exploitative purposes;

(h) To recruit, hire, adopt, transport, transfer, obtain, harbor, maintain, provide, offer, receive, or abduct a person, for the purpose of removal or sale of organs of said person;

(i) To recruit, transport, obtain, transfer, harbor, maintain, offer, hire, provide, receive, or adopt a child to engage in armed activities or participate in activities in the context of an armed conflict in the Philippines or abroad;

(j) To recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, obtain, maintain, offer, hire, provide, or receive a person by means defined in Section 3 of this Act for purposes of forced labor, slavery, debt bondage and involuntary servitude, including a scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause the person either:

(1) To believe that if the person did not perform such labor or services, he or she or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint; or

(2) To abuse or threaten the use of law or the legal processes;

(k) To recruit, transport, harbor, obtain, transfer, maintain, hire, offer, provide, adopt, or receive a child for purposes of exploitation or trading them, including the act of buying or selling a child, or both for any consideration or for barter for purposes of exploitation. Trafficking for purposes of exploitation of children shall include:

(1) All forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, involuntary servitude, debt bondage, and forced labor, including recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;

(2) The use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of CSAEM or CSAM, or for pornographic performances;

(3) The use, procuring or offering of a child for the production and trafficking of drugs; and

(4) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illegal activities or work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm their health, safety or morals;

(l) To organize, provide financial support, or direct other persons to commit the offenses defined as acts of trafficking under this Act; and

(m) To recruit, transport, obtain, transfer, harbor, maintain, offer, hire, provide, receive, or adopt a child for deployment abroad as migrant worker.

Provided, That when the victim is a child, the means to commit these unlawful acts as enumerated in the first paragraph of this section shall not be necessary: Provided, further, That in the case of overseas domestic work, a 'child' means a person below twenty-four (24) years old."