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(1) The punishment shall be simple imprisonment for not less than
one year, or, in grave cases, rigorous imprisonment not
exceeding ten years, where the criminal:
a) takes unfair advantage of the material or mental distress of
another or of the authority he exercises over another by
virtue of his position, office or capacity as guardian, tutor,
protector, teacher, master or employer, or by virtue of any
other like relationship, to cause such other person to
perform or to submit to such an act; or
b) makes a profession of such activities within the meaning of
the law (Art. 92).
(2) The punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment from three
years to fifteen years, where:
a) the criminal uses violence, intimidation or coercion,
trickery or fraud, or takes unfair advantage of the victim's
inability to offer resistance or to defend himself or of his
feeble-mindedness or unconsciousness; or
b) the criminal subjects his victim to acts of cruelty or
sadism, or transmits to him a venereal disease with which
he knows himself to be infected; or
c) the victim is driven to suicide by distress, shame or
despair.
