CHAPTER 2 The Act of Selling/Buying or Exchanging a Human Being Article 8: Definition of Unlawful Removal The act of unlawful removal in this law shall mean to: 1. remove a person from his/her current place of residence to a place under the actor’s or a third person’s control by means of force, threat, deception, abuse of power, or enticement, or 2. without legal authority or any other legal justification to do so, take a minor or a person under general custody or curatorship or legal custody away from the legal custody of the parents, care taker or guardian. Article 9: Unlawful Removal, inter alia, of Minor A person who unlawfully removes a minor or a person under general custody or curatorship or legal custody shall be punished with imprisonment from 2 to 5 years. The punishment for the offence stipulated in this article shall be remitted or mitigated when all of the following conditions are met: 1. The person taken under custody, being not less than fifteen (15) years of age, voluntarily gives genuine consent to the criminal act; 2. None of the means stipulated in subparagraph 1 of Article 8 of this law is used; and 3. The offender does not have any intent to commit an offense. The prosecution for the offence stipulated in this article may be commenced only upon the filing of a complaint from the parent, custodian/care taker or lawful guardian concerned unless any of the means stipulated in subparagraph 1) of Article 8 of this law is used. 4