(1) Whoever subjects a person to debt bondage shall be punished with
imprisonment for from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years and with fine of from CFAF
10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 500 000 (five hundred thousand).
(2) The penalties provided in Subsection (1) above shall be doubled where
the offender is either an ascendant, a guardian or a person having even
customary custody over the victim.
(3) Whoever boards a person in debt bondage shall be punished with
imprisonment for 10 (ten) years
and with fine of from CFAF 10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one
million).
(4) The court may also impose the forfeitures provided for in Section 30
of this Code.
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