SECTION VII: OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY PARAGRAPH 1 : PUBLIC INDECENCY ARTICLE 224: Any act performed publicly, which is against the decency and morals of those who inadvertently witness it and could disrupt public order and cause blatant social harm, shall be an act of public indecency. Public indecency, committed publicly and intentionally, shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to two years and a fine of between 20,000 to 200,000 francs, or with only one of these two penalties. PARAGRAPH II: INDECENT EXPOSURE ARTICLE 225: Any sexual act, which is contrary to morals, performed intentionally and directly on a person shall be indecent exposure. Any indecent exposure, completed or attempted without violence on a child of any sex, aged less then fifteen, shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to ten years, and optionally a residency prohibition of between one to twenty years. The same penalties shall apply to indecent exposure, completed or attempted with violence on anyone irrespective of their gender, aged less then fifteen. If the crime provided for in the preceding sub paragraph is committed on a child who is fully under fifteen, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and optionally a residency prohibition of between one to twenty years. If this offence was committed with the help of a third party or several people, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between five to twenty years with the possibility of applying a residency prohibition for the same duration in the cases provided for in sub paragraph 2° and 3° of this article, and life imprisonment, in the case provided for in sub paragraph 4 herein above. Those guilty of committing this offence without violence on a minor above fifteen and less than 21, if they are the ascendants of the victim, or are responsible for his/her upbringing, custody or are employed by the persons named herein above, shall be punished with the penalties provided for in article 224 of this code. PARAGRAPH Ill: RAPE ARTICLE 226: Any act of sexual penetration, of any kind whatsoever, committed on another person, using violence, constraint, threats or surprise shall be rape. Rape shall be punishable with imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and optionally residency prohibition of between one to five years. If the rape was committed with help from several people or on a child less than fifteen years, the offender shall be punishable with twenty years imprisonment, residency prohibition of twenty years, and the judges may not, by declaring the existence of mitigating circumstances, reduce the penalty herein above to imprisonment of five years. If the rape was committed in the two aggravating circumstances provided for in the preceding sub paragraph, the penalty shall be life imprisonment. If the perpetrators are the ascendants of the rape victim, those who have authority over the victim, or those responsible for his/her upbringing, his/her custody or are the employees of the persons named herein above, no suspended sentence may be ordered during enforcement. 40