Article 121. Violent Actions of a Sexual Character

 

1. Sodomy, lesbianism, or other acts of a sexual character accompanied by violence or a threat of violence with regard to a given victim (male or female), or to other persons, or with the use of the helpless state of a given victim, - shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from three up to five years.

 

2. The same acts:

 

a) committed by a group of persons, a group upon a preliminary collusion, or by an organised group;

 

b) combined with a threat to kill, as well as those committed with special brutality with regard to a victim or to other persons;

 

c) which entailed an infection of a victim with a venereal disease;

 

d) committed repeatedly or by a person who earlier committed rape;

 

e) committed with regard to a juvenile person, a given convict being aware of that fact, -

 

shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from five up to ten years.

 

3. Acts stipulated by the first and the second parts of this Article, if they:

 

a) due to negligence, entailed the death of a given victim;

 

b) due to negligence, entailed the causation of severe damage to a victim's health, or his (her) infection with HIV/ AIDS, or other serious consequences;

 

c) were committed with regard to a person who did not reach fourteen years of age, a given convict being aware of that, - shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from eight to fifteen years.

 

Article 122. Sexual Intercourse and Other Actions of a Sexual Character with a Person Under Sixteen Years of Age

Sexual intercourse, sodomy, or lesbianism or other acts of sexual nature, with a person who did not reach sixteen years of age, the guilty party being aware of that fact, -shall be punished by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or deprivation of freedom for a period up to five years.

 

Article 123. Coercion into Sexual Intercourse, Sodomy, Lesbianism, or Other Actions of a Sexual Character

 

Coercion of a person to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, lesbianism, or the commission of other actions of a sexual character by way of intimidation, threatening with destruction, damage, or withdrawal of property, or with the use of material or other dependence of a victim, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount from two hundred up to five hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or be deprivation of freedom for a period up to two years.