Article 209 Bis Federal Criminal Code

Nine to eighteen years of imprisonment and seven hundred fifty to two thousand two hundred fifty days fine shall be applied to whoever takes advantage of the trust, subordination or superiority that they have over a minor under eighteen years, derived from their kinship in any degree, guardianship, curatorship, custody or safekeeping, teaching, religious, labor, medical, cultural, domestic or any other relationship and executes, obliges, induces or convinces to execute any sexual act, with or without their consent.

The same penalty shall be applied to whoever commits the conduct described in the preceding paragraph, against the person who does not have the capacity to understand the meaning of the act or to resist it.

If the agent makes use of physical violence, the penalties shall be increased by one half more.

The author of the crime may be subject to comprehensive medical treatment for the time required, which may not exceed the time that the imposed prison sentence lasts.

In addition to the previous penalties, the author of the crime shall lose, as applicable, parental authority, guardianship, curatorship, adoption, the right of support and the right they could have with respect to the assets of the victim, in terms of the civil legislation.

When the crime is committed by a public official or a professional in the exercise of their functions or on the occasion of them, in addition to the prison penalty indicated above, they shall be disqualified, removed or suspended, from their public employment or profession for a term equal to the penalty imposed.