Article 205 Bis Federal Criminal Code

The sanctions indicated in Articles 200, 201, 202, 203, 203 Bis, 204 and 209 Bis of this Code shall be imprescriptible. Likewise, the sanctions indicated in said articles shall be increased to double that which corresponds when the author had with the victim any of the following relationships:

a)Those who exercise parental authority, guardianship or custody;

b)Ascendants or descendants without limit of degree;

c)Relatives in the collateral line up to the fourth degree;

d)Guardians or curators;

e)The one who exercises over the victim by virtue of a labor, teaching, domestic, medical or any other relationship that implies a subordination of the victim;

f)Whoever avails themselves of public function to commit the crime;

g)Whoever lives in the same domicile of the victim;

h)The minister of a religious cult;

i)When the author uses physical, psychological or moral violence against the victim; and

j)Whoever is bound to the victim by an affective or friendship tie, of gratitude, or any other that may influence in obtaining the victim's trust.

In the cases of subparagraphs a), b), c) and d) in addition to the indicated sanctions, the authors of the crime shall lose parental authority, guardianship or curatorship, as the case may be, with respect to all their descendants, the right to support that could correspond to them by their relationship with the victim and the right they could have with respect to the victim's assets.

In the cases of subparagraphs e), f) and h) if the active person of the crime were a public official or minister of religious cult, in addition to the indicated sanctions, it shall be punished with removal and disqualification to hold the position or commission or any other of a public or similar nature, for a time equal to the penalty imposed.

In all cases the judge shall order the pertinent measures so that the offender is permanently prohibited from having any type of contact or relationship with the victim.