(1) Whosoever
1. places a person in a helpless situation; or
2. abandons a person in a helpless situation although he gives him shelter or is otherwise obliged to care for him, and thereby exposes him to a danger of death or serious injury
shall be liable to imprisonment from three months to five years.
(2) The penalty shall be imprisonment from one to ten years if the offender
1. commits the offence against his own child or a person entrusted to him for education or care; or
2. through the offence causes serious injury to the victim.
(3) If the offender causes the death of the victim the penalty shall be imprisonment of not less than three years.
(4) In less serious cases under subsection (2) above the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to five years, in less serious cases under subsection (3) above imprisonment from one to ten years.