§ 3018. Evidence and defenses to human trafficking.
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§ 3018. Evidence and defenses to human trafficking.
(a)General rule.-- Evidence of the age of the victim of human trafficking with respect to the age of consent to sex or legal age of marriage shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation under this chapter, nor shall the evidence preclude a finding of a violation under this chapter.
(1)(Deleted by amendment).
(2)(Deleted by amendment).
(a.1) Evidence of victim's sexual conduct.-- The provisions of section 3104 (relating to evidence of victim's sexual conduct) shall apply to prosecutions under this chapter.
(b)Victim's consent to employment contract in labor servitude.-- The consent of the victim of human trafficking to an employment contract, notwithstanding if there was not fraud involved in the contract's formation, shall not be a defense to labor trafficking if force or coercion as described in section 3012(b) (relating to involuntary servitude) were involved in the making of the contract.
(c)Victim's age in sexual servitude.-- Except as provided in section 3102 (relating to mistake as to age), evidence of a defendant's lack of knowledge of a person's age, or a reasonable mistake of age, is not a defense for a violation of this chapter involving the sexual servitude of a minor.
18c3018v
(June 30, 2021, P.L.179, No.32, eff. 60 days)
2021 Amendment. Act 32 amended subsec.
(a)and added subsec. (a.1).
18c3019s