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Criminal Code of Kosovo - Legislationline

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following circumstances shall be punished by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> six (6) months to three (3)<br />

years:<br />

2.1. by abusing his or her control over the financial, family, social, health,<br />

employment, educational, religious or other circumstances <strong>of</strong> such person or a<br />

third person;<br />

2.2. where the victim is held in prison, pre-trial detention, a disciplinary centre,<br />

has been committed to an educational institution or educational-correctional<br />

institution, is a patient at a hospital, mental health or rehabilitation facility, a<br />

resident <strong>of</strong> a residential care home or shelter, or is held in or confined to any other<br />

place by an order <strong>of</strong> the court or prosecutor or under a law; or<br />

2.3. by abusing his or her position or authority over a victim who is between the<br />

ages <strong>of</strong> sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years and who is entrusted to the<br />

perpetrator for upbringing, education or care.<br />

3. Whoever induces another person to expose the private parts <strong>of</strong> such person’s body, to<br />

masturbate or to commit another act which degrades such person’s sexual integrity in one<br />

or more <strong>of</strong> the following circumstances shall be punished by six (6) months to five (5)<br />

years:<br />

3.1. by abusing his or her control over the financial, family, social, health,<br />

employment, educational, religious or other circumstances <strong>of</strong> such person or a<br />

third person;<br />

3.2. where the victim is held in prison, pre-trial detention, a disciplinary centre,<br />

has been committed to an educational institution or educational-correctional<br />

institution, is a patient at a hospital, mental health or rehabilitation facility, a<br />

resident <strong>of</strong> a residential care home or shelter, or is held in or confined to any other<br />

place by an order <strong>of</strong> the court or prosecutor or under a law; or<br />

3.3. by abusing his or her position or authority over a victim who is between the<br />

ages <strong>of</strong> sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years and who is entrusted to the<br />

perpetrator for upbringing, education or care.<br />

Article 240<br />

Inducing sexual acts by false promise <strong>of</strong> marriage<br />

Whoever deceptively and falsely promises marriage in order to induce a person who is<br />

between the ages <strong>of</strong> sixteen (16) to eighteen (18) years to engage in a sexual act shall be<br />

punished by a fine or imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to three (3) years.<br />

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