(1) Any person who had a sexual intercourse with a child who completed the age of fifteen, without using force, threat and fraud, is sentenced to a term of imprisonment from two years to five years upon filing of a complaint.18

(2) (Abolished by the Constitutional Court’s decision of 23 November 2005 with docket no. 2005/103 and decision no. 2005/89; New Amendment: Article 60 of Law no. 6545 of 18 June 2014) If the offence is committed by a person who is under a restraint of marriage with the victim, the offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment from ten years to fifteen years without a complaint being filed.

(3) (Added on 18 June 2014 – By Article 60 of Law no. 6545) If the offence is committed by a person providing care for a child prior to adopting the child or by a person who is under an obligation to protect, look after or supervise the child under custodial relationship, the offender is sentenced to a punishment under the second paragraph without a complaint being filed.