SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XIV
WAR CRIMES

Assault on Protected Persons

Section 149
(2) Any person who in time of war:
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d) deprives a protected person of his personal freedom;

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XIV
WAR CRIMES

Assault on Protected Persons

Section 149
(2) Any person who in time of war:
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e) orders the displacement of protected person from their rightful place of residence, or abducts
protected persons, except where justified for military reasons; is punishable by imprisonment between ten to twenty years or with life imprisonment.

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XVIII
OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONAL FREEDOM

Trafficking in Human Beings

Section 192
(1) Any person who:
a) sells, purchases, exchanges, or transfers or receives another person as consideration; or
b) transports, harbors, shelters or recruits another person for the purposes referred to in Paragraph a), including transfer of control over such person; is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment not exceeding three years.
(2) Any person who - for the purpose of exploitation - sells, purchases, exchanges, supplies, receives, recruits, transports, harbors or shelters another person, including transfer of control over such person, is punishable by imprisonment between one to five years.
(3) The penalty shall be imprisonment between two to eight years if trafficking in human beings is committed:
a) against a person held in captivity;
b) by force or by threat of force;
c) by deception;
d) by tormenting the aggrieved party;
e) against a person who is in the care, custody or supervision of or receives medical treatment from, the perpetrator, or if abuse is made of a recognized position of trust, authority or influence over the victim;
f) for the unlawful use of the human body;
g) by a public official, acting in an official capacity;
h) in criminal association with accomplices; or
i) on a commercial scale.
(4) The penalty shall be imprisonment between five to ten years, if:
a) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of eighteen years;
b) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person held in
captivity, and either of the aggravating circumstances under Paragraphs b)-i) of Subsection (3) apply; or
c) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) results in particularly great damage or
danger to life.
(5) The penalty shall be imprisonment between five to fifteen years if:
a) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of fourteen years;
b) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of eighteen years, and either of the aggravating circumstances under Subsection (3) apply;
c) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of eighteen years, and results in particularly great damage or danger to life; or
d) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of eighteen years for the purpose of child pornography.
(6) The penalty shall be imprisonment between five to twenty years or life imprisonment if:
a) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of fourteen years, and either of the aggravating circumstances under Subsection (3) apply;
b) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of fourteen years, and results in particularly great damage or danger to life; or
c) the criminal offense provided for in Subsection (2) is committed against a person under the
age of fourteen years for the purpose of child pornography.
(7) Any person who engages in preparations for trafficking in human beings is guilty of misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
(8) In the application of this Section, ‘exploitation’ shall mean the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability for the purpose of taking advantage of the victim forced into or kept in such situation.