How is the act of enticing or forcing a person under 18 to commit a crime handled criminally?
(Baonghean.vn) - Ms. NTO in Quy Hop asked: How will those who entice, force or harbor people under 18 years old to commit crimes be punished?
Article 325,The Penal Code 2015, amended and supplemented in 2017, stipulates:Crime of enticing, forcing or harboring people under 18 years of age to commit crimes, as follows:
1. Any person aged 18 or older who commits one of the following acts shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years:
a) Enticing, luring, bribing, inciting or instigating people under 18 years of age to commit crimes or live a depraved life;
b) Threatening, intimidating, using force or other acts to force a person under 18 years of age to commit a crime or live a depraved life;
c) Harboring criminals under 18 years of age.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 03 to 07 years:
a) Organized;
b) For 02 people or more;
c) For persons under 13 years of age;
d) Harboring, enticing, luring, bribing, inciting, instigating, threatening, intimidating, using force or otherwise forcing a person under 18 years of age to commit a very serious crime or an especially serious crime;
d) Dangerous recidivism.
3. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000.
