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Section 123: Detaining Someone for Sex is a Crime

123.Detention with sexual intent

(1)Any person who unlawfully detains another person for the purpose of sexual intercourse commits an offence.

(2)Where a person is in any place or in a brothel for the purpose of having unlawful sexual intercourse, a person shall be deemed to have unlawfully detained that person if, with intent to induce him or her to remain in that place or brothel, that person withholds from the person detained any wearing apparel or other property belonging to the person detained or where wearing apparel has been lent or supplied by that person, that person in any manner threatens that other person if he or she takes away the wearing apparel.

(3)No legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, shall be taken against any person unlawfully detained under this section for taking away or being found in possession of any wearing apparel as was necessary to enable that person to leave the place or brothel where the detention occurred.

(4)Any person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

(5)Where a person is detained in custody, any person having authority to detain or keep that person in custody and any inmate or other person who procures, participates in, compels, facilitates or has unlawful sexual intercourse with the person detained, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.

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You have the right not to be detained against your will for sexual purposes. If someone holds you in a place or brothel by withholding your clothing o...

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