Text as at 26 April 2026

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53B Using force, threat etc. to cause another person to provide commercial sexual services

(1)A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A—

(i)uses force against another person (B) or any other person; or

(ii)makes a threat to, or against, B or any other person; or

(iii)unlawfully detains B or any other person; or

(iv)engages in fraud or misrepresentation (including by omission) in relation to B or any other person; or

(v)uses a manifestly excessive debt owed, or purportedly owed, by B or any other person; and

(b)A, by engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a), causes B—

(i)to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(ii)to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; and

(c)A—

(i)intends that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will cause B—

(A)to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(B)to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; or

(ii)knows that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will, or probably will, cause B—

(A)to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(B)to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services.

(2)A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).