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Article 241
Facilitating or compelling prostitution
1. Whoever recruits, organizes, assists or controls another person for the purpose of
prostitution shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment of up to three (3) years.
2. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed within a
three hundred and fifty (350) meter radius of a school or other locality which is used by
children, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment of six (6) months
to five (5) years.
3. Whoever, by force or serious threat, or by holding another person in a situation of
personal or economic dependency compels such person to engage in prostitution shall be
punished by a fine and imprisonment from one (1) to eight (8) years.
4. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this Article is committed
against a person between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years, the perpetrator
shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment of one (1) to ten (10) years.
5. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this Article is committed
against a person under the age of sixteen (16) years, the perpetrator shall be punished by
a fine and imprisonment of five (5) to twenty (20) years.
6. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this Article is committed
against a person under the age of fourteen (14) years, the perpetrator shall be punished by
a fine and imprisonment of at least ten (10) years.
Article 242
Providing premises for prostitution
1. Whoever knowingly provides premises, whether as the owner of the premises, the
landlord, the tenant, the occupier or person in charge, to another person for the purpose of
prostitution or the facilitation of prostitution shall be punished by a fine and by
imprisonment of up to three (3) years.
2. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed within a
three hundred fifty (350) meter radius of a school or other locality which is used by
children, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment of six (6) months
to five (5) years.
3. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article is committed for the
purpose of prostitution or the facilitation of prostitution of one or more persons between
the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years, the perpetrator shall be punished by a
fine and imprisonment of one (1) to ten (10) years.
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