Sexual offences
Violating a person’s bodily integrity through sexual conduct constitutes sexual assault. Where the victim is a child, the offence is sexual abuse of children and carries a heavier penalty. For this type, location is given at district level at most.
Legal Provisions on Sexual Offences
In the glossarySexual assaultSexual abuse of children- Sexual assault TCK 102/1
- 5–10 years; prosecuted on complaint
- By inserting an organ or object into the body TCK 102/2
- At least 12 years
- Sexual abuse of children TCK 103/1
- 8–15 years
- Abuse by inserting an organ or object into the body TCK 103/2
- At least 16 years; at least 18 years if the victim is under 12