b) Against more than one person.
Article 111.- Rape
1. Those who use violence, threaten to use violence or take advantage of the
victims• state of being unable for self-defense or resort to other tricks in order to
have sexual intercourse with the victims against the latter•s will shall be sentenced
to between two and seven years of imprisonment.
2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall
be sentenced to between seven and fifteen years of imprisonment:
a) In an organized manner;
b) Against a person whom the offender has the responsibility to look after, educate
and/or medically treat;
c) More than one person rapes a person;
d) Committing the crime more than once;
e) Against more than one person;
f) Being of an incestuous nature;
g) Making the victim pregnant;
h) Causing harm to the health of the victim with an infirmity rate of between 31%
and 60%;
i) Dangerous recidivism.
3. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offender shall be
subject to between twelve and twenty years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or
capital punishment:
a) Causing harm to the health of the victim with an infirmity rate of 61% or higher;
b) Committing the crime even though the offenders know that they are infected with
HIV;
c) Causing death to the victim or causing the victim to commit suicide.
4. Committing rape against a juvenile aged between full 16 and under 18 years old,
the offenders shall be sentenced to between five and ten years of imprisonment.
Committing the crime in one of the circumstances stipulated in Clause 2 or Clause 3
of this Article, the offenders shall be subject to the penalties specified in such
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