pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon
Finnish
Etymology
pakottaminen (“coercion, forcing”) seksuaaliseen (“into sexual”) tekoon (“into an act”)
Noun
pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon
- (law) indecent assault, sexual assault (unwanted sexual contact with another person that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape)
Usage notes
The exact content of legal terms varies by jurisdiction. Since 2011 pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon is defined in the Finnish Criminal Act as follows (official translation):
- Chapter 20 - Section 4 - Coercion into a sexual act (563/1998)
- (1) A person who by violence or threat coerces another into a sexual act other than that referred to in section 1 or into submission to such an act, thus essentially violating his or her right of sexual self-determination, shall be sentenced for coercion into a sexual act to a fine or to imprisonment for at most three years.
- (2) Also a person who, by taking advantage of the fact that another person, due to unconsciousness, illness, disability, state of fear or other state of helplessness, is unable to defend himself or herself or to formulate or express his or her will, causes him or her to engage in or submit to the sexual act referred to in subsection 1, essentially violating his or her right of sexual self-determination, shall be sentenced for coercion into a sexual act. (495/2011)
- (3) An attempt is punishable.
Declension
See pakottaminen; seksuaaliseen tekoon is not inflected.