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Part 2 Specific Offenses
Chapter 16-1 Offense against Morality
Article 230
A person who has sexual intercourse with a lineal blood relative or a collateral blood relative within the third degree of relationship shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.
Article 231
A person who for purpose of making a male or female to have sexual intercourse or make an obscene act with a third person induces, accepts, or arranges them to gain shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than five years and, in addition thereto, a fine of not more than one hundred thousand yuan may be imposed. A person who commits the crime through fraudulence is subject to the same punishment.
A public official who harbors a person who commits an offense specified in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the punishment prescribed for the offense in the preceding paragraph by increasing the punishment up to one half.
Article 231-1
A person who for purpose of gain forces, with the use of violence, threats, intimidation, controls, drugs, hypnosis or another means, a male or female to have sexual intercourse or make an obscene act against a third person against their will shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not less than seven years and, in addition thereto, a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yuan may be imposed.
A person who assists, accepts, or conceals a person specified in the preceding paragraph or causes him to conceal shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years.
A public official who harbors an offender specified in the preceding paragraphs shall be sentenced to punishment prescribed in the preceding paragraphs by increasing the punishment up to one half.
An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph 1 is punishable.
Article 232
A person who commits an offense specified in paragraph 1 of Article 231, paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 231-1 against a person under his supervision assistance, caring as specified in Article 228 or against his wife shall be punished by increasing up to one half the punishments prescribed in these paragraphs and articles.
Article 233
A person who for purpose of inducing a male or female who is under the age of sixteen to make an obscene act or sexual intercourse with another induces, retains, or arranges them shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years, short-term imprisonment, and a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars. An offense by fraudulence is subject to same punishment.
A person who commits the offense prescribed in the preceding paragraph for purpose of gain shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years; and, in addition thereto, a fine of not more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars may be imposed.
Article 234
A person who for purpose of exhibition publicly commits an obscene act shall be sentenced to imprisonment for less than one year, short-term imprisonment; and, in addition thereto, a fine of not more than nine thousand dollars may be imposed.
A person who commits the offense specified in the preceding paragraph for purpose of gain shall be sentenced to fixed term imprisonment of no more than two years, short-term imprisonment; in lieu thereof, or in addition thereto, a fine of less than thirty thousand dollars may be imposed.
Article 235
A person who distributes, broadcasts, sells, publicly displays, or by other means to show an obscene writing, picture, audio record, video record, or any other object to another person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, short-term imprisonment, in lieu thereof, or in addition thereto, a fine of ninety thousand dollars may be imposed.
A person who with purpose to distribute, broadcast, or sell makes or possesses the obscene writing, picture, audio record, video record, or any other object shall be subject to same punishment.
The writing, picture, audio or video object shall be confiscated whether it belongs to the offender or not.
Article 236
Prosecution for an offense specified in Article 230 may be instituted only upon complaint.
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