Article 4. Fundamental rights
Section 6
The government shall take no action to deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law nor shall private property be taken except for a recognized public use and for just compensation in money or in kind. No person shall be held criminally liable for an act which was not a legally recognized crime at the time of its commission, nor shall the penalty for an act be increased after the act was committed. No person shall be placed in double jeopardy for the same offense. No person shall be found guilty of a crime or punished by legislation. Contracts to which a citizen is a party shall not be impaired by legislation. No person shall be imprisoned for debt. A warrant for search and seizure may not issue except from a justice or judge on probable cause supported by an affidavit particularly describing the place, persons, or things to be searched, arrested, or seized.
Section 10
Torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment, and excessive fines are prohibited.
Section 11
Slavery or involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime. The government shall protect children from exploitation.Palau Constitution
Title 17 Crimes
§ 1801.
Defined; punishment. Every person who forcibly or fraudulently and deceitfully, and without authority by law, imprisons, seizes, detains, or inveigles away any person other than his or her minor child, with intent to cause such person to be secreted within the Republic against his or her will, or sent out of the Republic against his or her will, or sold or held as a slave or for ransom, shall be guilty of kidnaping, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both
§ 3906.
Offense of people trafficking. Every person who knowingly or recklessly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors or receives any person or persons for the purpose of exploitation by threat, use of force, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, shall be guilty of people trafficking, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than 25 years or both
§ 3907.
Offense of trafficking in children. Every person who knowingly or recklessly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors or receives a child by any means for the purposes of exploitation shall be guilty of trafficking in children and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500,000, or imprisoned for not more than 50 years or both.
§ 3908.
Offense of exploiting a trafficked person. Every person who knowingly or recklessly engages in, participates in, or profits from the exploitation of a trafficked person shall be guilty of exploitation of a trafficked person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years or both.
§ 3909.
Consent of trafficked person irrelevant. For sections 3905, 3906 and 3907 of this chapter, it is not a defense that the trafficked person consented to the people trafficking or to the exploitation.Palau National Code
Section 2. Definitions:
(d) “Exploitation” means sexual servitude, exploitation of another person’s prostitution, forced labor or services, slavery, or obtaining labor or services through deceit, fraud, or by means of a material misrepresentation.
(h) “People trafficking” means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a person for the purposes of exploitation as described in section 5 or 6.
Section 6. Offense of People Trafficking
Every person who knowingly or recklessly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors or receives any person or persons for the purpose of exploitation by threat, use of force, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, shall be guilty of people trafficking, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
Section 7. Offense of Trafficking in Children
Every person who knowingly or recklessly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors or receives a child by any means for the purposes of exploitation shall be guilty of trafficking in children and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500,000, or imprisoned for not more than 50 years, or both.
Section 8. Offense of Exploiting a Trafficked Person. Every person who knowingly or recklessly engages in participates in, or profits from the exploitation of a trafficked person shall be guilty of exploitation of a trafficked person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
Section 9. Consent of Trafficked Person Irrelevant.
For section 5,6 and 7 hereof, it is not a defense that the trafficked person consented to the people trafficking or to the exploitation.Palau Trafficking in Persons Law
