1907-04-24
(Human Trafficking)
Article 226-2 (1) A person who buys another person is punished by imprisonment for not less than 3 months but not more than 5 years.
(2) A person who buys a minor is punished by imprisonment for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.
(3) A person who buys another person for the purpose of profit, indecency, marriage or threat to the life or body, is punished by imprisonment for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years.
(4) The preceding paragraph applies to a person who sells another person.
(5) A person who sells or buys another person for the purpose of transporting them from one country to another country is punished by imprisonment for not less than 2 years.
(Transporting Kidnapped Persons out of a Country)
Article 226-3 A person who transports a kidnapped person through the use of force or enticement or another person who has been bought or sold, from one country to another country, is punished by imprisonment for not less than 2 years.
Please note that this is an unofficial translation.