Prostitution is not a punishable offence, neither for adults nor for minors. The Criminal Code currently in force prohibits sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 15, or making the minor consent to or perform another sexual act. The same age limit has been retained in the new Criminal Code which will come into effect as of January 1, 1998.
Any other activities related to prostitution, i.e. pandering and procurement are punishable irrespective of the age of the prostitute. Also punishable are: traffic in women and children and their provision, enticement or abduction for the purpose of prostitution, even with their consent.
The current Criminal Code penalises in general terms the dissemination of magazines, prints, photographs and other objects of pornographic character.
Under the new Criminal Code, the following acts are punishable:
Recording pornographic materials depicting a minor under the age of 15; presenting pornographic materials to a minor below the age of 15, or making available to him/her objects of the said character;Manufacture for the purpose of dissemination, import and dissemination of pornographic materials depicting a minor below the age of 15; public presentation of pornographic materials in such a manner that their reception may be forced upon a person.