PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste d) Compel public authorities or any third party to commit or refrain from committing an act, or to coercively accept an activity, is punishable with 4 to 12 years imprisonment. 2. If any of the circumstances provided in subarticle 2 of article 160 occurs, the applicable penalty is 5 to 15 years imprisonment. Article 162. Enslavement 1. Any person who, by any means, places a fellow human being in a situation of enslavement or makes use of a person in such a condition is punishable with 8 to 20 years imprisonment. 2. The consent of the victim is irrelevant if any of the means referred to in the following article were used. 3. For purposes of application of provisions in this article, a person is considered to be in a condition of enslavement whenever, even if only de facto, said person is under submission to powers corresponding to those of property rights, or to any concrete right, or is bound to the disposal of any thing. Article 163. Human trafficking 1. Any person who recruits, assigns, purchases, transports, transfers, houses or receives persons, through use of threats, force or other forms of coercion, kidnapping, fraud, trickery, abuse of power or situation of vulnerability, or by means of delivery or acceptance of payments or benefits, to obtain the consent of a person with authority over another, for purposes of exploitation, shall be punishable with 8 to 20 years imprisonment. 2. The penalty referred to in the subarticle above shall apply to any person who recruits, transports, transfers, houses or receives a minor under the age of 17 for the purpose of exploiting the same, even if none of the means referred to in the subarticle above are involved. 3. For the purpose of applying the provisions of this article, exploitation shall include but is not limited to exploitation through prostitution of another person or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or extraction of organs. 4. Consent of the victim is irrelevant, if any of the means referred to in subarticle 1 were employed. Article 164. Aggravation If the acts described in articles 162 and 163 are committed: a) As a means to facilitate sexual exploitation or use of the victim, by the perpetrator or a third party; b) The victim is a minor under the age of 17; c) The victim is in a foreign country or travelling to a foreign country; d) The victim is used, against his/her will, in the commission of crimes; or e) The perpetrator is engaged in an activity that grants the same public or religious authority before a group, region or entire country; Said perpetrator shall be punishable with 12 to 25 years imprisonment. 47