Whoever
gathers a number of people to commit the crime mentioned
in the preceding paragraph or commits the crime before
the public in a public place shall be sentenced to fixed-term
imprisonment of not less than five years.
Whoever acts indecently against
a child shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance
with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
Article
240. Whoever abducts and traffics in
a woman or child shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment
of not less than five years but not more than 10 years
and shall also be fined; if he falls under any of the
following categories, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term
imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment
and shall also be fined or sentenced to confiscation
of property; if the circumstances are especially serious,
he shall be sentenced to death and also to confiscation
of property:
(1) being a ringleader of a
gang engaged in abducting and trafficking in women and
children;
(2) abducting and trafficking
in three or more women and/or children;
(3) raping the woman who is
abducted and trafficked in;
(4) enticing or forcing the
woman who is abducted and trafficked in to engage in
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