Article 590 — Aggravation to the Crime.

(1) Where the intimidation, the coercion, the deprivation of powers of decision, the illegal restraint or the abduction is committed: a) with intent to take unfair advantage of the victim, or to allow another to take advantage of him, or to use him for debauchery or prostitution; or b) to exploit him or to hold him to ransom; or c) in conditions which are specially cruel, the crime is aggravated, and the punishment shall be in accordance with the following provisions. (2) The Court shall pass sentence: a) of simple imprisonment from three months to five years in the case of intimidation or coercion (Art. 580 to 582); b) of rigorous imprisonment not exceeding seven years where there has been deprivation of powers of decision or illegal restraint (Art. 583 and 585); c) of rigorous imprisonment from five years to fifteen years in the case of simple abduction (Art. 586 and 587); d) of rigorous imprisonment from seven years to twenty years in the case of the abduction of an unconscious or defenceless woman (Art. 588); and e) of rigorous imprisonment from ten years to twenty-five years in the case of the abduction of a minor (Art. 589).