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her.” 631 A person is deemed to have caused or encouraged the seduction or prostitution of a
girl by knowingly allowing the girl to “consort with” or be employed by an prostitute or
“person of known immoral character.” Where a court is notified that a girl below the age of
16 is in danger of seduction or prostitution without knowledge of her parents or guardians,
the court may direct the parent or guardian to exercise due care and supervision. 632
Indonesia’s Child Protection Act 2002 provides for children in need of “special protection”
which includes those children who are “being economically or sexually exploited” and “who
are the victims of kidnapping, sale and trading” 633 and provides for a punishment of up to five
years and a fine up to one hundred million rupiah. 634 The law assigns the government or an
authorized state institution with the responsibility and accountability of such children. 635
Where children are victims of criminal acts, the law also specifies special protection in the
form of institutional and non-institutional rehabilitation efforts, confidentiality, preventing
stigmatization of the child, providing physical, mental and social safety guarantees and
ensuring access to information regarding the development of the legal process. 636 The law
prohibits the “permitting, undertaking, ordering to be undertaken or participating in the
exploitation of children” and for special protection including dissemination of laws
concerning the protection of children from economic or sexual exploitation and for the
involvement of “various government agencies, companies, labor unions, and nongovernmental
and community organizations in the effort to eradicate the economic and/or
sexual exploitation of children.” 637
631 Section 42, Child Protection Act, 1974 (Bangladesh)
632 Section 43, ibid.
633 Article 15(1), Child Protection Act, 2002 (Indonesia)
634 Article 78, ibid.
635 Article 59, ibid.
636 Article 64, ibid.
637 Article 66, ibid.
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