When the victim of the offense is under the age of sixteen, the maximum prison sentence will be pronounced.” “Article 320. -Any act of sexual penetration, of whatever nature, committed on the person of another by violence, coercion, threat or surprise is rape. Rape is punished by imprisonment of ten to twenty years. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 432, the culprits will be punished with the above penalty, with no possibility of reduction below the minimum: - if it has resulted in mutilation, permanent invalidity or if it is committed by forcible confinement or by several people; - if the offense is committed against a child under 13 years of age or a person particularly vulnerable because of her state of pregnancy, his/her advanced age, or his/her state of health having resulted in a physical or psychic deficiency. If the rape resulted in death, if it is preceded, accompanied or followed by torture or acts of barbarism, the culprit will be punished with life imprisonment, without the possibility of reducing the sentence below twenty years, notwithstanding the provisions of article 432. Indecent assault committed with violence against an individual of either sex is punishable by imprisonment of five to ten years. If the indecent assault, specified above, is committed against a person who is particularly vulnerable because of her state of pregnancy, his/her advanced age or his/her state of health which has resulted in a physical or mental impairment, the prison sentence of ten years will always be pronounced. Indecent assault, even without violence, on an individual of either sex is punishable by imprisonment of five to ten years”. "Article 320 bis. -Any gesture, touching, caress, pornographic manipulation, use of images or sounds by any technical process, for sexual purposes on a minor of sixteen, of either sex, constitutes a pedophile act punishable by criminal imprisonment of five to ten years. If the act was committed by an ascendant or a person having authority over the minor or if the victim is a child under the age of thirteen or a person particularly vulnerable because of his state of health having resulted in a physical or mental impairment, the maximum penalty will always be pronounced”. “Article 321. - In the cases provided for in articles 320, paragraphs 2 and 5 and 320 ter; the maximum of the penalty incurred will be pronounced, if the culprits are the ascendants of the person on whom the offense was committed, if they are of those who have authority over her, if they are of those who are responsible for his education or his hired servants, or hired servants of the persons named above, if they are officials or religious leader, or if the culprit, whoever he is, has been aided in the commission of the offense by one or several persons”. "Article 431. - In the event that a criminal penalty is applicable to the fact which procured the things concealed, the receiver shall be punished by the penalty attached by law to the crime and to the circumstances of the crime of which he will have been aware at the time of the concealment. ". “Article 432. - Unless otherwise expressly provided for in the law, the penalties pronounced against the accused person (s) found guilty in favor of whom the criminal chamber has declared the attenuating circumstances will be modified as follows: If the prescribed penalty is that of life imprisonment, the Criminal Chamber will apply the penalty of criminal imprisonment for ten to twenty years or that of criminal imprisonment for five to ten years. If the penalty is that of criminal detention or civic degradation, the Criminal Chamber will apply the penalty of five to ten years' imprisonment or two to five years' imprisonment. In the event that the law specifies that the sentence of life imprisonment will be compulsorily pronounced, the Criminal Chamber will apply the sentence of twenty years of imprisonment. In the event that the law imposes the maximum of a criminal sentence, if there are extenuating circumstances, the Criminal Chamber will apply the maximum of this sentence or even the immediately lower sentence”. Art. 2. - In all the provisions prior to this law where the penalty of forced labor is provided for, imprisonment is substituted for it. Art. 3.- The provisions of articles 6, 8, 19, 319 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the penal code are repealed. This law shall be executed as law of the State. Done in Dakar, January 10, 2020.