Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 203A

203A. Whosoever, by any means other than those mentioned in article 203(1), instigates, encourages or facilitates the defilement of a minor of either sex, shall, on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term from three to six years and the provisions of article 203(2) and (3) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to an offence under this article: Provided that the offence shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term from four to eight years in any of the cases referred to in the proviso to article 203(1): Provided further that when the act is consensual between peers who are close in age and in the level of development and provided that the acts do not involve physical and, or psychological abuse, the punishment shall be decreased by one or two degrees. Inducing, etc., persons under age to prostitution. Added by: XIV.1918.4. Amended by: IX.1935.2; XLIX.1981.4; XXIX.1990.6; IV.1994.6; IV.2014.5; XXIII.2017.8; XIII.2018.24; LXIV.2021.9.