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törkeä_lapsen_seksuaalinen_hyväksikäyttö
törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö
Finnish
Noun
törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö
- (law) statutory rape
Declension
Declension of törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö (irregular)
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Usage notes
The exact content of legal terms varies by jurisdiction. Since 2011 törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö is defined in the Finnish Criminal Act as follows (official translation):
- Chapter 20 - Section 7 - Aggravated sexual abuse of a child (540/2011)
- (1) If:
- (1) a person has sexual intercourse with a child below the age of sixteen or in the cases referred to in section 6, subsection 2 with a child who has reached the age of sixteen but is younger than eighteen years of age, or
- (2) in sexual abuse of a child
- (a) the victim is a child whose age or stage of development is such that the offence is conducive to causing special injury to him or her,
- (b) the offence is committed in an especially humiliating manner, or
- (3) the offence is conducive to causing special injury to the child due to the special trust he or she has placed in the offender or the special dependence of the child on the offender, and the offence is aggravated also when assessed as a whole,
- the offender shall be sentenced for aggravated sexual abuse of a child to imprisonment for at least one year and at most ten years.
- (2) An attempt is punishable.