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        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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