Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 204D
204D. (1) Whosoever:
(a) compels, coerces, forces or threatens a person under
age to perform sexual activ ities with another person,
or
(b) knowingly causes, for sexual purposes, a person under
age to witness sexual abuse or sexual activities, even
without causing the said person to participate in the
activities, or
(c) knowingly causes, for sexual purposes, a person under
age to participate in real or simulated sexually explicit
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conduct or exhibition of sexual organs, including
through information and communication technologies,
or
(d) participates in sexual activities with a person under
age, where recourse is made to child prostitution, or
(e) knowingly attends a pornographic performance
involving the participati on of a person under age,
shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from five
to ten years.
(2) The punishment for the offence in sub-article (1) shall be
increased by one degree, if any one or more of the following
circumstances results:
(a) when the offender wilfully or recklessly endangered
the life of the person under age;
(b) when the offence involves violence or grievous bodily
harm on such person;
(c) when the offence is committed with the involvement of
a criminal organisation within the meaning of article
83A(1);
(d) when the offender abuses of a recognised position of
trust, authority or influence over the person under age.
Compelling or
inducing person
of age to
prostitution.
Added by:
XIV .1918.4.
Amended by:
XLIX.1981.4.
Substituted by:
IV .1994.7.
Amended by:
IV .2014.10;
XIII.2018.24.
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