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Article 259 - Penalties for a person who engages in child trafficking for the purpose of prostitution or indecent practices.

Any person who:

1° engages in anti-culture by inciting, helping or facilitating a child to engage in indecent practices or in prostitution to satisfy another person’s sexual desire shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three (3) years to five (5) years and a fine of two million (2,000,000) to five million (5,000,000) Rwandan francs;

2° involves a child aged twelve (12) to eighteen (18) years in prostitution or indecent practices shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of more than five (5) years to seven (7) years and a fine of three million (3,000,000) to eight million (8,000,000) Rwandan francs;

3° involves a child under twelve (12) years into prostitution or indecent practices shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of seven (7) years to ten (10) years and a fine of five million (5,000,000) to ten million (10,000,000) Rwandan francs.

Article 260 - Penalties for child trafficking and involving children in indecent practices through different ways

Any person who personally or through an intermediary:

1° recruits, induces, manipulates or holds a child in order to involve him/her in indecent practices to satisfy another person’s sexual desire ;

2° opens a building intended for indecent practices or prostitution in which children involve in indecent practices ;

3° sells, rents or lends a building or any other place to a child for the purpose of making profits from indecent practices committed by a child;

4° pursues interests by involving a child in any form of indecent practices; shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of more than five (5) years to seven (7) years and a fine of five million (5,000,000) to ten million (10,000,000) Rwandan francs.